Bian or BIAN may refer to:

Places

* Bian River in China * Bian (), the Chinese abbreviation for

Kaifeng Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and ...

, Henan Province, China * Bian, a former district of the

Duchy of Lu Lu (; 249 BC) was a vassal state during the Zhou dynasty of ancient China located around modern Shandong. Founded in the 11th century BC, its rulers were from a cadet branch of the House of Ji () that ruled the Zhou dynasty. The fi ...

in ancient China * Bian River in Indonesia * Bian, a former name for

Uiseong Uiseong County (''Uiseong-gun'') is a Administrative divisions of South Korea, county in Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, South Korea. Located near the center of the province, it is bounded by Andong on the north, Cheongsong on the east, Gunwi County o ...

County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea *

Bian, Hamadan Bian (, also Romanized as Bīān and Bayān) is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is ...

, a village in Iran

People

* Bian, a Chinese surname * Bian, short for

rezubian Records of men who have sex with men in Japan date back to ancient times. Western scholars have identified these as evidence of homosexuality in Japan. Though these relations had existed in Japan for millennia, they became most apparent to schol ...

, the Japanese term for lesbians

Others

Banking Industry Architecture Network e.V. (BIAN) The Banking Industry Architecture Network e.V. (BIAN) is an independent, member owned, not-for-profit association to establish and promote a common architectural framework for enabling banking interoperability. It was established in 2008. BIAN' ...

, a nonprofit banking organization *

Bian (carriage) A jaunting car, also known as a jaunty car or side car, is a light two-wheeled carriage for a single horse, with a seat in front for the driver. The outside jaunting car commonly holds up to four passengers seated back to back, with the foot-boar ...

, a four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle *

Bian (weapon) The bian () or tie bian () and gang bian (), also known as Chinese whip or hard whip, is a type of tubular-shaped club (weapon), club or rod weapon designed to inflict blunt damage with flagellation, whipping motion. Despite having a rigid constr ...

, a Chinese weapon also known as a "hard whip" *

Bi'an (monster) The nine sons of the dragon is a traditional name for a set of mythological creatures whose imagery is used in certain types of decorations. The concept was first mentioned by Lu Rong in the Ming Dynasty, although similar set of creatures (not nece ...

, a Chinese monster considered a tigerlike dragon

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