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梆

bāng

Character

What 梆 means

1. watchman's rattle

Words starting with 梆

• 梆子bāng ziwatchman's clapper; wooden clappers with bars of unequal length; abbr. for 梆子腔
• 梆子腔bāng zi qiānga general term for local operas in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc…

Words containing 梆

• 丧梆sàng bāngcold and offensive (talk or manner)
• 河北梆子Hé běi bāng zǐHebei opera
• 硬梆梆yìng bāng bāngvariant of 硬邦邦

Characters built on 邦

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

• 帮bāngto help; to assist; to support
• 绑bǎngto tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap

Characters that look like 梆

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

• 挪nuóto shift; to move
• 拼pīnto piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all…
• 骄jiāoproud; arrogant
• 掷zhìto toss; to throw dice; Taiwan pr. zhí
• 揶yéto gesticulate; to play antics
• 郴chēnused in 郴州

Sounds the same

Read bāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 帮to help; to assist; to support
• 浜stream; creek
• 邦(bound form) country; nation; state
• 𠳐(onomatopoeia) bang (door slamming shut etc); rat-a-tat (knocking on a door etc)