# 答辩 (dábiàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 答辩 (dábiàn) means “to defend (a thesis); to reply”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to defend (a thesis); to reply
- Pinyin: dábiàn (da2 bian4)
- Traditional: 答辯
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 她顺利通过了毕业论文答辩。
  Tā shùnlì tōngguòle bìyè lùnwén dábiàn.
  She passed her graduation thesis defense smoothly.

## Characters

- [答](https://hanziro.com/word/da-answer/) (dá): to answer; to reply
- [辩](https://hanziro.com/word/bian-argue/) (biàn): to argue; to debate

https://hanziro.com/word/da-bian-defend/

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