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扳

bān

Character

What 扳 means

1. to pull
2. to turn (sth) around
3. to turn around (a situation)
4. to recoup

Other readings

扳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pānvariant of {攀|pān}

Words starting with 扳

• 扳机bān jī(gun) trigger
• 扳手bān shǒuspanner; wrench; lever (on a machine)
• 扳价bān jiàto demand a high price
• 扳动bān dòngto pull out; to pull a lever
• 扳回bān huíto pull back; to regain (one's dignity etc); to recover from (an adverse situation)
• 扳子bān zispanner; wrench
• 扳平bān píngto equalize; to level the score; to pull back the advantage
• 扳指bān zhǐornamental thumb ring…
• 扳本bān běnto recoup losses (in gambling)
• 扳道bān dàorailroad switch
• 扳本儿bān běn rto recoup losses (in gambling)
• 扳道员bān dào yuánpointsman; switchman
• 扳不倒儿bān bù dǎo r(dialect) roly-poly toy
• 扳龙附凤bān lóng fù fènghitching a ride to the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom)…
• 扳钳bān qiánwrench; spanner
• 扳道岔bān dào chàrailroad switch
• 扳罾bān zēngto lift the fishnet
• 扳回一城bān huí yī chéngto recover some lost ground (in a competition)
• 扳指儿bān zhǐ rerhua variant of 扳指

Words containing 扳

• 呆扳手dāi bān shǒuopen spanner; open end spanner; flat spanner
• 管扳手guǎn bān shǒupipe wrench
• 套筒扳手tào tǒng bān shǒusocket spanner
• 活动扳手huó dòng bān shǒuadjustable spanner
• 劈空扳害pī kōng bān hàidamaged by groundless slander (idiom)
• 手扳葫芦shǒu bān hú lulever hoist pulley
• 内六角扳手nèi liù jiǎo bān shǒuAllen key; hex key

Characters built on 反

These share the phonetic component 反 (fǎn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 版bǎna register; block of printing; edition
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 返fǎnto return (to)
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 扳

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

• 技jìskill
• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 披pīto drape over one's shoulders; to open; to unroll
• 抚fǔto comfort; to console; to stroke
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction

Sounds the same

Read bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 班team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 般sort; kind; class
• 搬to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 颁to promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 斑spot; colored patch; stripe
• 瘢mark; scar on the skin
• 斒variegated; striped; marbled
• 癍abnormal pigment deposit on the skin
• 攽variant of 颁