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pàn

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pàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pàn | pan4
English translation
to hope for
to long for
to expect
to look, to gaze; to expect, to hope for

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About pàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

pàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

eye

Etymology of pàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

目分

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

fēn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using pàn

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yòu zǒu zài 窗板 shǎng qiāo le 两下 liǎng xià ,盼望 pànwàng huì 听见 tīng jiàn 敲声.

Ming - feng rapped softly against the window -- sill .

盼望 pànwàng 音信 yīn xìn ér 家书 què dào ,滋味 zīwèi zhēn shì 难受 nánshòu ā !

It's terrible to hunger for news when the family's letters don't arrive!

duì 许多 xǔduō rén 来说他们 tā men 期盼 qī pàn 已久 yǐ jiǔ de 还乡 huán xiāng 之行 què Líng 他们 tā men 大失所望 dà shī suǒ wàng

For many, their long-awaited homecoming was a bitter disappointment.

几部 ràng rén 翘首企盼 de 录像片终于 zhōngyú jiāng zài 这个 zhè ge yuè 到货 dào huò

Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month.

他们 tā men 承认 chéngrèn 现在 xiànzài 急盼幸运之神 de 降临 jiànglín

They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.

Words with pàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pàn to hope for pàn
期盼 qī pàn to anticipate期盼 qī pàn
盼望 pànwàng to hope for盼望 pànwàng
企盼 qǐ pàn to expect企盼 qǐ pàn
盼头 pàn tou hopes盼頭
左顾右盼 zuǒ gù yòu pàn glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around左顧右盼
顾盼 gù pàn to look around顧盼
切盼 qiè pàn keenly desired切盼 qiè pàn
顾盼自雄 gù pàn zì xióng to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)顧盼自雄
翘盼 qiáo pàn to long for翹盼
奢盼 shē pàn an extravagant hope奢盼 shē pàn

pàn Decomposition & Compounds

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pàn Decomposition

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