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斑

bān

HSK 6 Character

What 斑 means

1. spot
2. colored patch
3. stripe
4. spotted
5. striped
6. variegated

Example sentences

• 这匹斑马是你的吗？
  Zhè pǐ bānmǎ shì nǐ de ma?
  Is this zebra yours?
• 红发的人往往有雀斑。
  Hóngfà de rén wǎngwǎng yǒu quèbān.
  Red-haired people tend to have freckles.
• 我有一只黑白斑点狗。
  Wǒ yǒu yī zhī hēibái bāndiǎngǒu.
  I have a black and white speckled dog.
• 斑马的影子没有条纹。
  Zebra shadows don't have stripes.
• 我给汤姆买了把斑卓琴作圣诞礼物。
  I bought Tom a banjo for Christmas.
• 斑尾塍鹬从阿拉斯加迁徙至纽西兰。
  The bar-tailed godwit migrates from Alaska to New Zealand.

Words starting with 斑

• 斑纹bān wénstripe; streak
• 斑驳bān bómottled; motley
• 斑斑bān bānfull of stains or spots
• 斑点bān diǎnspot; stain; speckle
• 斑斓bān lángorgeous; brightly colored; multicolored
• 斑马bān mǎzebra
• 斑马线bān mǎ xiàncrosswalk; zebra crossing
• 斑白bān báigrizzled; graying
• 斑剥bān bōmottled and peeling off in places
• 斑块bān kuàipatch; spot; (medicine) plaque
• 斑岩bān yánporphyry (geology)
• 斑痕bān hénstain; mark; scar; (fig.) psychological scar; stain on one's reputation
• 斑文鸟bān wén niǎo(bird species of China) scaly-breasted munia (Lonchura punctulata)
• 斑马鱼bān mǎ yúzebrafish
• 斑鱼狗bān yú gǒu(bird species of China) pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
• 斑点狗bān diǎn gǒuDalmatian (dog breed)
• 斑尾林鸽bān wěi lín gē(bird species of China) common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
• 斑胸田鸡bān xiōng tián jī(bird species of China) spotted crake (Porzana porzana)
• 斑胁田鸡bān xié tián jī(bird species of China) band-bellied crake (Zapornia paykullii)
• 斑头大翠鸟bān tóu dà cuì niǎo(bird species of China) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
• 斑疹热bān zhěn rèspotted fever
• 斑疹伤寒bān zhěn shāng hántyphus
• 斑竹bān zhúmottled bamboo
• 斑腰燕bān yāo yàn(bird species of China) striated swallow (Cecropis striolata)

Words containing 斑

• 雀斑què bānfreckles
• 一斑yī bānlit. one spot (on the leopard); fig. one small item in a big scheme
• 色斑sè bānstain; colored patch; freckle
• 黑斑hēi bāndark spot or blotch on the skin
• 光斑guāng bānfacula (astronomy)
• 尸斑shī bānlivor mortis
• 汗斑hàn bāncommon name for 花斑癣
• 牙斑yá bāndental plaque
• 红斑hóng bān(medicine) erythema
• 紫斑zǐ bānbruise
• 耀斑yào bānsolar flare
• 花斑huā bānpatches; mottling
• 锈斑xiù bānrust spot; rust stain (on metal); rusty spot (on plants)
• 黄斑huáng bānmacula lutea (anatomy, central area of retina); yellow spot
• 小斑点xiǎo bān diǎnspeckle
• 牙菌斑yá jūn bāndental bacterial plaque
• 白斑病bái bān bìngvitiligo
• 白斑症bái bān zhèngvitiligo
• 石斑鱼shí bān yúgrouper (Portuguese: garoupa); also called 鮨; Epinephelinae…
• 老年斑lǎo nián bānliver spot; age spot
• 劣迹斑斑liè jì bān bānnotorious for one's misdeeds
• 盖斑斗鱼gài bān dòu yúparadise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
• 血迹斑斑xuè jì bān bānbloodstained
• 点斑林鸽diǎn bān lín gē(bird species of China) speckled wood pigeon (Columba hodgsonii)

Characters built on 王

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

• 班bānteam; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 珊shāncoral
• 璨càngem; luster of gem
• 琰yǎngem; glitter of gems
• 瓒zànlibation cup
• 琬wǎnensign of royalty

Characters that look like 斑

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

• 跳tiàoto jump; to hop; to skip over
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 雏chú(bound form) chick; young bird
• 缎duànsatin
• 楣méilintel; crossbeam
• 煅duànto calcine; variant of 锻

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
• 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