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版

bǎn

HSK 5 Character

What 版 means

1. a register
2. block of printing
3. edition
4. version
5. page

Example sentences

• 买完整版
  Buy the full version.
• 该杂志每月出版。
  This magazine is issued every month.
• 你喜欢盗版电影吗？
  Nǐ xǐhuan dàobǎn diànyǐng ma?
  Do you like pirate movies?
• 那本书还拥有版权。
  Nà běn shū hái yōngyǒu bǎnquán.
  This book is still copyrighted.
• 这本书明年要出版。
  This book will be printed next year.
• 他是他父亲的翻版。
  He is a carbon copy of his father.

Words starting with 版

• 版本bǎn běnversion; edition; release
• 版权bǎn quáncopyright
• 版面bǎn miànpage of a publication (e.g. newspaper or website); printing space…
• 版图bǎn túdomain; territory
• 版块bǎn kuàiprinting block; section (of a newspaper); board (of BBS or discussion forum)
• 版画bǎn huàprintmaking; a print
• 版式bǎn shìformat
• 版税bǎn shuìroyalty (on books)
• 版主bǎn zhǔforum moderator; webmaster
• 版次bǎn cìedition (of a book etc); edition number
• 版面费bǎn miàn fèipublishing fee; page charge
• 版权所有bǎn quán suǒ yǒuall rights reserved (copyright statement)
• 版刻bǎn kècarving; engraving
• 版筑bǎn zhùto construct a rammed-earth wall

Words containing 版

• 出版chū bǎnto publish
• 出版社chū bǎn shèpublishing house
• 盗版dào bǎnpirated; illegal; see also 正版
• 正版zhèng bǎngenuine; legal; see also 盗版
• 新版xīn bǎnnew edition; new version
• 出版物chū bǎn wùpublications
• 改版gǎi bǎnto revise the current edition; revised edition
• 出版商chū bǎn shāngpublisher
• 电子版diàn zǐ bǎnelectronic edition; digital version
• 排版pái bǎntypesetting
• 翻版fān bǎnto reprint; reproduction; pirate copy
• 再版zài bǎnsecond edition; reprint
• 头版tóu bǎn(newspaper's) front page
• 海外版hǎi wài bǎnforeign edition (of a newspaper)
• 绝版jué bǎnout of print
• 修订版xiū dìng bǎnrevised edition; revised version
• 出版者chū bǎn zhěpublisher
• 公版gōng bǎn(publishing) public-domain; copyright-expired; (design, manufacturing etc) standard…
• 图版tú bǎnprinting plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc); print made with such a plate
• 对版duì bǎn(of a product) to match the advertised description
• 平版píng bǎnlithographic plate
• 活版huó bǎntypography; movable type
• 真版zhēn bǎnreal version (as opposed to pirated); genuine version
• 网版wǎng bǎn(printing) screen

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.

• 板bǎnboard; plank; plate
• 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 版

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

• 报bàoto report; to inform; to announce; to respond; to reply; to sign up for…
• 服fúclothes; dress; garment
• 贩fànto deal in; to buy and sell; to trade in
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 骇hàito astonish; to startle; to hack (computing, loanword)
• 肽tàipeptide (two or more amino acids linked by peptide bonds CO-NH)

Sounds the same

Read bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 板board; plank; plate
• 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