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拚

pàn

Character

What 拚 means

1. to strive for
2. to struggle
3. to disregard
4. to reject

Other readings

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

• pīnvariant of {拼|pīn}

Words starting with 拚

• 拚去pàn qùto reject; to abandon
• 拚弃pàn qìto abandon; to discard; to throw away
• 拚死pàn sǐto risk one's life
• 拚财pàn cáito make rash speculations
• 拚除pàn chúto reject; to abandon
• 拚命pàn mìngsee 拼命

Words containing 拚

• 力拚lì pàn(Taiwan) to put one's efforts into (sth); to work at (sth)
• 比拚bǐ pàn(Taiwan) to compete; contest

Characters that look like 拚

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

• 持chíto hold; to grasp; to support
• 给gěito; for; for the benefit of
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 妍yánbeautiful
• 拂fúto flick; to brush off; (of a breeze) to brush lightly over
• 挎kuàto carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

Sounds the same

Read pàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 判(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
• 叛to betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 畔(bound form) side; edge; boundary
• 板to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
• 泮(literary) to melt; to dissolve
• 袢used in 袷袢; variant of 襻
• 襻button loop; sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc)…
• 詊pleasing; clever talk
• 鋬(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
• 頖disperse