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bān

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bān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bān | ban1
English translation
sort
kind
class
way
manner
sort, manner, kind, class
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pán | pan2
English translation
see 般樂
>般乐 pán lè [pán lè]

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About bān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

bān

Contains the radical

zhōu

Part of speech

Function word / 助词 zhù cí Zhùcí

Learning hint

Using a tool  shū to sort items on a tray  zhōu

Etymology of bān

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

舟殳

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shū represents the meaning and fán represents the sound. The original fán component was later reanalyzed as zhōu (boat).

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Example sentences using bān

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万般皆下品,惟有 wéi yǒu 读书 dú shū Gāo .

To be a scholar is to be the top of society.

教起 Shū lái xiàng 鸭子 yā zi 下水 xià shuǐ bān de 轻而易举 qīng ér yì jǔ .

She's taken to teaching like a duck to water.

这个 zhè ge mèng 一般 yībān de 夙愿 sù yuàn shì 细腻 xì nì de 笔法 bǐ fǎ 描绘 miáohuì chū 来的.

This cherished fantasy is embellished with minute detail.

一般来说 yī bān lái shuō , 一月 Yī yuè de 天气 tiānqì shì zuì Lěng de .

Generally speaking, the coldest weather comes in January.

zhù 用力 yòng lì 摇晃 yáo huàng , Zhí 摇晃 yáo huàng de Hēi 脑袋 nǎodài xiàng 醉鬼 zuì guǐ 一般 yībān bǎi 来摆去.

She shook her until the kinky head rocked drunkenly.

Words with bān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
一般 yībān same一般 yībān
bān sort bān
一般来说 yī bān lái shuō generally speaking一般來說
般配 bān pèi to suit般配 bān pèi
这般 zhè bān like this這般
百般 bǎi bān by every means百般 bǎi bān
一般说来 yī bān shuō lái generally speaking一般說來
如此这般 rú cǐ zhè bān thus and so如此這般
一般性 yī bān xìng general一般性 yī bān xìng
一般而言 yī bān ér yán generally speaking一般而言 yī bān ér yán
万般 wàn bān every kind萬般
一般来讲 yī bān lái jiǎng generally speaking一般來講
万般无奈 wàn bān wú nài to have no way out萬般無奈
一般见识 yī bān jiàn shi to lower oneself to sb's level一般見識
诸般 zhū bān various諸般
天下乌鸦一般黑 tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi all crows are black (idiom)天下烏鴉一般黑
般若 bō rě great wisdom般若 bō rě

bān Decomposition & Compounds

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bān Decomposition

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bān Compounds

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    • bān , pán , pán , bān , pán , pán , pán , pán , , pán , , , ,
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