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bān

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bān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bān | ban1
English translation
to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
to shift
to copy indiscriminately
to move, to remove, to shift, to transfer

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About bān

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

bān

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of bān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌般

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

bān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and bān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using bān

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我们 wǒmen 搬家 bān jiā Hòu , qǐng jiāng 邮件 yóu jiàn zhuǎn ( dào 我们 wǒmen de Xīn 住处 zhù chù ).

Please forward our post ( to our new home ) when we move.

搬运 bān yùn huí jiā de zhè Duàn 路程 lù chéng 特别 tèbié cháng ,到家时我们 wǒmen 筋疲力尽 jīn pí lì jìn .

It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.

lái bāng 一下 yīxià máng , zhè 箱子 xiāng zi bān kāi , hǎo ?

Lend me a hand to shift this box, will you ?

天气 tiānqì zhuǎn nuǎn le , gāi 花园 huā yuán bān chū 来了.

It's warm enough to fetch out the garden chairs.

瑞秋还是 háishi hěn 兴奋 xīngfèn 即将 jíjiāng bān 加州 Jiā zhōu 马里 Mǎ lǐ de 裴普丹大学 Dà xué 宿舍 sùshè .

Rachel was excited to be moving into the dorms at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.

Words with bān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bān to shift bān
搬家 bān jiā removal搬家 bān jiā
搬迁 bān qiān to move搬遷
搬走 bān zǒu to carry搬走 bān zǒu
搬运 bān yùn freight搬運
照搬 zhào bān to copy照搬 zhào bān
搬运工 bān yùn gōng porter搬運工
搬动 bān dòng to move house搬動
搬出去 bān chū qù to move out (vacate)搬出去 bān chū qù
搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi to tell tales搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi
搬起石头砸自己的脚 bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎo hoisted by one's own petard搬起石頭砸自己的腳
搬弄 bān nòng to fiddle with搬弄 bān nòng
搬用 bān yòng to copy and use搬用 bān yòng
搬移 bān yí to move (house)搬移 bān yí
搬兵 bān bīng to bring in troops搬兵 bān bīng
搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to boomerang搬磚砸腳

bān Decomposition & Compounds

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bān Decomposition

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