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pàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pàn | pan4
English translation
to betray
to rebel
to revolt
rebel; rebellion; rebellious

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About pàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

pàn

Contains the radical

yòu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

contrary

Etymology of pàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

半反

Semantic compound

fǎn

Phonetic compound

bàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. fǎn represents the meaning and bàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pàn

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他们 tā men 磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng 不肯 wǎng qián zǒu , jiù zài zhè tiān 晚上 wǎnshang ,他们 tā men kāi le 小差, gāng zhāo 搬运 bān yùn de 东西 dōngxī liū 走了 —— 地道 dìdào de 抗命 kàng mìng 叛逃 pàn táo .

They jibbed, sneaked off with their load in the night - quite a muting.

所有 suǒyǒu de 叛徒 pàn tú 叛徒 pàn tú 集团 jítuán dōu méi hǎo 下场 xià chǎng .

All traitorous persons and cliques came to no good end.

诸如 zhū rú 凯瑟琳 Kǎi sè lín ·哈姆内特之类 zhī lèi de 叛逆者 pàn nì zhě 以口 chū 大胆 dà dǎn 夸张 kuāzhāng 之词 ér 闻名 wén míng

Rebels like Katharine Hamnett have made a name for bold, declamatory statements.

3 Nián de 自由 zìyóu 仿佛 fǎngfú shì duì 孩童 hái tóng 时代 Shídài de 反叛 fǎn pàn

Her three years of freedom seemed like a reaction against that childhood.

赢得 yíng dé le 反叛 fǎn pàn 牧师 mù shī de 称号 chēnghào

He earned the appellation "rebel priest."

Words with pàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
背叛 bèipàn to betray背叛 bèipàn
叛徒 pàn tú traitor叛徒 pàn tú
叛逆 pàn nì to rebel叛逆 pàn nì
叛乱 pàn luàn armed rebellion叛亂
叛军 pàn jūn rebel army叛軍
反叛 fǎn pàn to rebel反叛 fǎn pàn
pàn to betray pàn
叛变 pàn biàn to defect叛變
叛国 pàn guó treason叛國
叛逃 pàn táo to defect叛逃 pàn táo
叛国罪 pàn guó zuì the crime of treason叛國罪
离经叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy離經叛道
平叛 píng pàn to put down a revolt平叛 píng pàn
众叛亲离 zhòng pàn qīn lí fig. to find oneself utterly isolated眾叛親離
叛匪 pàn fěi rebel bandit叛匪 pàn fěi
叛党 pàn dǎng to betray one's party叛黨
叛离 pàn lí to betray叛離
背叛者 bèi pàn zhě traitor背叛者 bèi pàn zhě
叛逆者 pàn nì zhě traitor叛逆者 pàn nì zhě
叛卖 pàn mài to betray叛賣
招降纳叛 zhāo xiáng nà pàn to recruit surrendered enemy and deserters (idiom); to gather together a gang of villains招降納叛
叛贼 pàn zéi renegade叛賊

pàn Decomposition & Compounds

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pàn Decomposition

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