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bǎn = b + an3
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
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bǎn = b + an3
see 老闆|老板, boss
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pàn = p + an4
to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
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How to pronounce 板

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.

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ an3 final

In the anthill’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
= p initial

P is for Pinocchio.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ an4 final

In the anthill’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

板 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.

Component Translations
fǎn = f + an3
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
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= mu + Ø4
(bound form) tree / (bound form) wood / unresponsive; numb; wooden
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Characters with 板 as component

板 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 板

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slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc
wooden boards used to press sth together / (medicine) splint
template / (architecture) formwork

Sentences with 板

板 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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bǎn / pàn

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