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办法

bàn fǎ

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 辦法 Measure word 条

办法 (bàn fǎ) means "way; method". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 办法 means

1. way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem

The characters in 办法

• 办bànto take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…
• 法fǎlaw; method; way

Example sentences

• 没办法。
  There's nothing that can be done.
• 没办法啦
  There's nothing I can do.
• 没办法了。
  It can't be helped.
• 有个办法。
  There is one way.
• 没有办法。
  There's no way.
• 没有办法赢。
  There's no way to win.

Words containing 办法

• 没办法méi bàn fǎthere is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it
• 有办法yǒu bàn fǎcan find methods; resourceful; creative
• 解决办法jiě jué bàn fǎsolution; method to settle an issue
• 拿你没办法ná nǐ méi bàn fǎdon't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)

Where 办法 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Abstract Nouns & Key Concepts (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.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bàn fǎ correctly.
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