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bàn

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bàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bàn | ban4
English translation
to disguise oneself as
to dress up
to play (a role)
to put on (an expression)
costume, disguise; to dress up

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About bàn

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

bàn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of bàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌分

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

fēn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using bàn

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guì 演员 yǎnyuán 装扮 zhuāng bàn zhāo 旅行 lǚxíng ?

Your actors don't usually travel in character, do they?

为什么 wèishénme gān 这个 zhè ge ya ?” shā wèn dào . “ 自己 zìjǐ 打扮 dǎban 美丽 měilì ya , ” 妇人 fù rén 回答 huídá dào .

Why are you doing that? Sally asked. " To make myself beautiful, " the lady answered.

扮演 bànyǎn de 哑剧 yǎ jù zuì 表现力 biǎo xiàn lì de 语言 yǔyán 还要意味深长 yì wèi shēn cháng .

I acted out a pantomine more eloquent than my most expressive words.

yòu Shuǎ lǎo Huā zhāo le ——一直 yīzhí kào 装扮成盲人 máng rén Cóng 人们 rén men 手里 shǒu lǐ 骗取 piàn qǔ 钱财 qián cái .

He's up to his old tricks againhe's been getting money from people by pretending to be blind.

穿着 chuān zhuó 米色长裤 cháng kù Hóng 套衫 tào shān ,打扮 dǎban hěn 入时 rù shí .

She was fashionably turned out in cream trousers and a red sweater.

Words with bàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
扮演 bànyǎn to act扮演 bànyǎn
打扮 dǎban to decorate打扮 dǎban
bàn to dress up bàn
装扮 zhuāng bàn to decorate裝扮
假扮 jiǎ bàn to impersonate假扮 jiǎ bàn
扮相 bàn xiàng stage costume扮相 bàn xiàng
乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit喬裝打扮
女扮男装 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng (of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)女扮男裝
男扮女装 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng (of a man) to dress as a woman (idiom)男扮女裝
扮装 bàn zhuāng to dress up and make up (like an actor)扮裝
短打扮 duǎn dǎ ban shorts短打扮 duǎn dǎ ban

bàn Decomposition & Compounds

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bàn Decomposition

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