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办

bàn

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character Traditional 辦

办 (bàn) means "to do; to manage; to handle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 办 means

1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)
2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise)
3. lawto handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect)
4. bound formoffice (as in {招办|zhāo bàn}, admissions office) (abbr. for {办公室|bàn gōng shì})

Example sentences

• 没办法。
  There's nothing that can be done.
• 没办法啦
  There's nothing I can do.
• 怎幺办?
  What am I to do now?
• 怎么办！
  And how!
• 公事公办。
  Gōngshìgōngbàn.
  It's business.
• 没办法了。
  It can't be helped.

Words starting with 办

• 办法bàn fǎway of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem
• 办公室bàn gōng shìoffice; business premises
• 办理bàn lǐto handle; to transact; to conduct
• 办公bàn gōngto handle official business (usu. in an office); to do (office) work
• 办事bàn shìto handle (affairs); to work
• 办学bàn xuéto run a school
• 办事处bàn shì chùoffice; agency; bureau
• 办案bàn ànto handle a (criminal) case
• 办公楼bàn gōng lóuoffice building
• 办到bàn dàoto accomplish; to get (sth) done
• 办妥bàn tuǒto arrange; to settle; to complete
• 办证bàn zhèngto apply for a certificate, permit, license or ID; (as an official or authority) to…
• 办报bàn bàoto run a newspaper; to publish a newspaper
• 办公厅bàn gōng tīnggeneral office
• 办好bàn hǎoto take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously
• 办不到bàn bu dàocannot be done; not feasible; impossible to accomplish
• 办公时间bàn gōng shí jiānoffice hours
• 办公自动化bàn gōng zì dòng huàoffice automation
• 办酒席bàn jiǔ xíto prepare a feast
• 办罪bàn zuì(formal) to prosecute or punish sb for a crime; to hold sb legally accountable
• 办货bàn huòto purchase goods (for a company etc)
• 办年货bàn nián huòto shop in preparation for Chinese New Year
• 办公地址bàn gōng dì zhǐbusiness address; office address
• 办公大楼bàn gōng dà lóuoffice building

Words containing 办

• 举办jǔ bànto conduct; to hold (an event)
• 怎么办zěn me bànwhat's to be done
• 主办zhǔ bànto organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
• 承办chéng bànto undertake; to accept a contract
• 没办法méi bàn fǎthere is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
• 创办chuàng bànto establish; to found
• 开办kāi bànto open; to start (a business etc); to set up
• 民办mín bànrun by the local people; privately operated
• 好办hǎo bàneasy to do; easy to manage
• 申办shēn bànto apply for; to bid for
• 包办bāo bànto undertake to do everything by oneself; to run the whole show
• 代办dài bànto act for sb else; to act on sb's behalf; an agent
• 招办zhāo bànadmissions office (for enrolling students) (abbr. for 招生办公室
• 照办zhào bànto follow the rules; to do as instructed; to play by the book
• 补办bǔ bànto do sth after the time it should have been done; to do sth to make up for not having…
• 公办gōng bànstate-run
• 筹办chóu bànto arrange; to make preparations
• 兴办xīng bànto begin; to set in motion
• 操办cāo bànto arrange matters
• 街道办事处jiē dào bàn shì chù(mainland) subdistrict office (basic-level urban administrative unit)
• 督办dū bànto oversee; to supervise; superintendent
• 合办hé bànto cooperate; to do business together
• 协办xié bànto assist; to help sb do sth; to cooperate in doing sth
• 置办zhì bànto purchase; to buy

Characters that look like 办

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 由yóuto follow; from; because of; due to

Sounds the same

Read bàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 半half; semi-; incomplete
• 扮to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role)
• 伴partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 拌to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 瓣petal; segment; clove (of garlic)
• 绊to trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 湴mud; slush; ooze
• 姅menstruation
• 秚old variant of 拌

Where 办 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 9 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bàn correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.