闆

板

闆

🔊 bǎn = b + an3

see 老闆|老板, boss

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板

闆

🔊 pàn = p + an4

to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

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How to pronounce 闆

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

bǎn

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

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pàn

= p initial

P is for Pinocchio.

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+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

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闆 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

• 闆
  • 門
  • 品
    • 口

Component Translations

门

門

🔊 mén = m + (e)n2

gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)

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品

🔊 pǐn = pi + (e)n3

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

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