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板

bǎn

HSK 3 Character Measure word 块

What 板 means

1. board
2. plank
3. plate
4. shutter
5. table tennis bat
6. clappers (music)
7. accented beat in Chinese music
8. hard
9. stiff
10. to stop smiling or look serious

Other readings

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

• bǎnused in {老板|lǎo bǎn}
• pànto catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Example sentences

• 看看黑板。
  Look at the blackboard.
• 请看黑板。
  Look at the blackboard.
• 老板在哪里？
  Where's the boss?
• 我找你老板。
  I want to see your boss.
• 老板就是我。
  I'm the boss.
• 我不是老板。
  I'm not the boss.

Words starting with 板

• 板块bǎn kuàislab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
• 板凳bǎn dèngwooden bench or stool
• 板书bǎn shūto write on the blackboard; writing on the blackboard
• 板子bǎn ziboard; plank; bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
• 板车bǎn chēhandcart; flatbed cart; flatbed tricycle
• 板材bǎn cáisheet materials (wood, metal, plastic etc)
• 板栗bǎn lìChinese chestnut
• 板门店Bǎn mén diànPanmunjeom, the Joint Security Area in the Korean demilitarized zone
• 板斧bǎn fǔbroad axe
• 板房bǎn fángtemporary housing built with wooden planks or other makeshift materials
• 板板bǎn bǎnsolemn
• 板条bǎn tiáolath
• 板牙bǎn yáincisor; molar; screw die
• 板状bǎn zhuàngboard-shaped
• 板球bǎn qiúcricket (ball game)
• 板结bǎn jiésoil crusting
• 板规bǎn guīplate gauge
• 板面bǎn miànpan mee, aka banmian, a Hakka noodle soup dish, popular in Malaysia
• 板式塔bǎn shì tǎdistillation tower; bubble tower; plate column
• 板眼bǎn yǎnmeasure in traditional Chinese music; orderliness
• 板鼓bǎn gǔsmall drum for marking time
• 板油bǎn yóuleaf fat; leaf lard
• 板条箱bǎn tiáo xiāngcrate
• 板皮bǎn píslab

Words containing 板

• 黑板hēi bǎnblackboard
• 老板lǎo bǎnboss; business proprietor
• 地板dì bǎnfloor
• 老板娘lǎo bǎn niángfemale proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife
• 木板mù bǎnslab; board; plank
• 天花板tiān huā bǎnceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
• 主板zhǔ bǎn(computing) motherboard; (stock market) main board
• 石板shí bǎnslab; flagstone; slate
• 甲板jiǎ bǎndeck (of a ship or boat)
• 面板miàn bǎnpanel; faceplate
• 模板mú bǎntemplate; (architecture) formwork
• 样板yàng bǎntemplate; prototype; model
• 平板píng bǎnslab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate; flat; level; (fig.) dull; monotonous
• 铁板tiě bǎniron panel; hot iron plate for fast grilling (Japanese: teppan)
• 呆板dāi bǎnstiff; inflexible; also pr. ái bǎn
• 样板戏yàng bǎn xìmodel theater (operas and ballets produced during the Cultural Revolution)
• 踏板tà bǎnpedal (in a car, on a piano etc); treadle; footstool
• 刻板kè bǎnstiff; inflexible; mechanical
• 跳板tiào bǎnspringboard; jumping-off point; gangplank
• 钢板gāng bǎnsteel plate
• 篮板lán bǎnbackboard
• 拍板pāi bǎnwooden clappers (percussion instrument); to beat time with clappers (for a singer)…
• 铜板tóng bǎncopper coin; copper plate; copper clappers (a kind of percussion instrument)
• 死板sǐ bǎnrigid; inflexible

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
• 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
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 钣bǎnmetal plate; sheet of metal

Characters that look like 板

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

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 拔báto pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction
• 枚méiclassifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 坂bǎnvariant of 阪

Sounds the same

Read bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 版a register; block of printing; edition
• 阪slope; hillside
• 钣metal plate; sheet of metal
• 昄great; expansive
• 舨sampan
• 粄(Hakka cuisine) snacks made from glutinous rice flour (rice cakes, noodles etc)
• 坂variant of 阪