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搬

bān

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

搬 (bān) means "to move (i.e. relocate oneself)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 搬 means

1. to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
2. to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
3. to shift
4. to copy indiscriminately

Example sentences

• 搬上去。
  Move it up.
• 他搬了家。
  He's moved away.
• 汤姆搬了家。
  Tom moved.
• 我们搬了家。
  We've moved.
• 他搬到了东京。
  He moved to Tokyo.
• 汤姆帮我搬了家。
  Tom helped me with the move.

Words starting with 搬

• 搬家bān jiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
• 搬迁bān qiānto move; to relocate; removal
• 搬走bān zǒuto carry
• 搬运bān yùnto transport; to carry; (colloquial) to repost (content, esp. from another platform)
• 搬运工bān yùn gōngporter
• 搬动bān dòngto move (sth) around; to move house
• 搬兵bān bīngto call for reinforcements; to bring in troops
• 搬口bān kǒuto pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension; to blab; to tell tales
• 搬场bān chǎngto move (house); to relocate; removal
• 搬弄bān nòngto fiddle with; to play and move sth about; to show off (what one can do)
• 搬用bān yòngto apply mechanically; to copy and use
• 搬移bān yíto move (house); to relocate; removals
• 搬请bān qǐngto request; to call for
• 搬出去bān chū qùto move out (vacate); to shift sth out
• 搬迁户bān qiān hùperson or household that has to be relocated (to make way for a construction project etc)
• 搬弄是非bān nòng shì fēito incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people; to tell tales…
• 搬铺bān pùto arrange (for the dying)
• 搬砖bān zhuānto do hard physical labor (as a job); (fig.) to play mahjong
• 搬唇递舌bān chún dì shéto pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension; to blab; to tell tales
• 搬砖砸脚bān zhuān zá jiǎoto hurt oneself by one's own doing; to boomerang; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
• 搬唆bān suōto stir up trouble
• 搬楦头bān xuàn toulit. to move the shoes on the shoe tree (idiom); fig. to expose shameful secrets (old)
• 搬石头砸自己的脚bān shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎoto move a stone and stub one's toe; to shoot oneself in the foot (idiom)
• 搬起石头砸自己的脚bān qǐ shí tou zá zì jǐ de jiǎoto crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock…

Words containing 搬

• 照搬zhào bānto copy; to imitate
• 行李搬运工xíng lǐ bān yùn gōngbaggage handler

Characters built on 般

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

• 磐pánfirm; stable; rock
• 槃pánvariant of 盘; wooden tray
• 瘢bānmark; scar on the skin

Characters that look like 搬

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

• 微wēitiny; miniature; slightly
• 嫩nènyoung and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 撇piēto cast away; to fling aside
• 椭tuǒellipse
• 猳jiāmythical ape; variant of 豭

Sounds the same

Read bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 班team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 般sort; kind; class
• 颁to promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 斑spot; colored patch; stripe
• 扳to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 瘢mark; scar on the skin
• 斒variegated; striped; marbled
• 癍abnormal pigment deposit on the skin
• 攽variant of 颁

Where 搬 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Travel & Transport (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 27 (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 bān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.