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Bān

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Bān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Bān | Ban1
English translation
surname Ban
team
class
squad
work shift
ranking
CL:
>[gè]
classifier for groups
class, squad, team, work shift

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About Bān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Bān

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

Cutting  dāo  a piece of jade  Wáng in two, symbolizing two classes

Etymology of Bān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

王刂王

Explanation

Depicts a knife ( dāo ) cutting a gem into two halves ( jué ), based on the original meaning "to divide". The meaning later shifted to "division", "group", and "team".

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Example sentences using Bān

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反复 fǎnfù de shuì 身体 shēntǐ 已经 yǐjīng hǎo le ,可以 kěyǐ 上班 shàngbān le .

She persisted that she was strong enough to go back to work.

开始 kāishǐ 演奏 yǎnzòu qián , 先行 xiān xíng diào hǎo de 班卓琴 bān zhuó qín .

Before he began to play, Harry tuned up his banjo.

shuí lái jiē de Bān Huán wèi 确定 quèdìng .

It is not yet certain who will succeed him.

这个 zhè ge Bān tài le , 我们 wǒmen fēn 一分.

This class is too large, we shall have to divide it.

zài fēn Bān 测试 cè shì Zhōng 分数 fēn shù hěn Gāo ,获分 dào le 水平 shuǐpíng 最高 zuì gāo de 班级 bān jí .

He scored well in the placement test and was put in the most advanced class.

Words with Bān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Bān team Bān
上班 shàngbān to go to work上班 shàngbān
西班牙 Xī bān yá Spain西班牙 Xī bān yá
下班 xià bān to finish work下班 xià bān
航班 hángbān plane航班 hángbān
西班牙语 Xī bān yá yǔ Spanish language西班牙語
加班 jiābān to work overtime加班 jiābān
值班 zhíbān on duty值班 zhíbān
班长 bān zhǎng class monitor班長
班级 bān jí grade (in school)班級
班主任 bān zhǔ rèn teacher in charge of a class班主任 bān zhǔ rèn
培训班 péi xùn bān training class培訓班
班子 bān zi organized group班子 bān zi
夜班 yè bān night shift夜班 yè bān
班车 bān chē regular bus (service)班車
全班 quán bān the whole class全班 quán bān
班机 bān jī airliner班機
塔利班 Tǎ lì bān Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction塔利班 Tǎ lì bān
接班人 jiē bān rén successor接班人 jiē bān rén
跟班 gēn bān attendant跟班 gēn bān
当班 dāng bān to work one's shift當班
上下班 shàng xià bān to start and finish work上下班 shàng xià bān
换班 huàn bān to change shift換班
同班 tóng bān classmate同班 tóng bān
按部就班 àn bù jiù bān to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)按部就班 àn bù jiù bān

Bān Decomposition & Compounds

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Bān Decomposition

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