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bàn

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bàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bàn | ban4
English translation
a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip

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About bàn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

bàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of bàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟半

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

bàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and bàn represents the sound. Simplified form of bàn .

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Example sentences using bàn

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bàn le 一下 yīxià , zhuàng fān le 椅子 yǐzi .

He stumbled and overthrew the chair.

有人 yǒu rén shēn chū tiáo tuǐ ,绊倒 bàn dǎo le .

Someone stuck a leg out and tripped me up.

zǒu chū le 浴室 yù shì ,动作 dòngzuò 果断 guǒduàn 但是 dànshì 笨拙 bènzhuō , 本想大踏步 dà tà bù zǒu , què bèi yòu cháng yòu Chǒu de 裙子 qúnzi gěi bàn 住了.

Decisively , but awkwardly, she left the bathroom, her stride hampered by the long ugly skirt.

那个 nà ge 笨手笨脚 bèn shǒu bèn jiǎo de rén bàn dào le 木桶 mù tǒng , Shuǐ Quán gěi le .

The oaf stumbled over the bucket, spilling all the water.

zài 不平 bù píng de de shǎng bàn le jiāo , shuāi le zuǐ kěn de .

He stumbled on the uneven ground and fell flat on his face.

Words with bàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
绊倒 bàn dǎo to trip絆倒
bàn to trip bàn
羁绊 jī bàn trammels羈絆
绊脚石 bàn jiǎo shí obstacle絆腳石
牵绊 qiān bàn to bind牽絆
磕磕绊绊 kē ke bàn bàn bumpy (of a road)磕磕絆絆
绊住 bàn zhù to entangle絆住
绊脚 bàn jiǎo to stumble over sth絆腳

bàn Decomposition & Compounds

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