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瓣

bàn

HSK 6 Character

What 瓣 means

1. petal
2. segment
3. clove (of garlic)
4. piece
5. section
6. fragment
7. valve
8. lamella
9. classifier for pieces, segments etc

Example sentences

• 舞台上撒了花瓣。
  Wǔtái shàng sā le huābàn.
  The stage was sprinkled with flower petals.
• 花瓣浮在水面上。
  Huābàn fú zài shuǐmiàn shàng.
  The petals are floating on the water.
• 他给了我十二瓣大蒜。
  Tā gěi le wǒ shí'èr bàn dàsuàn.
  He gave me 12 cloves of garlic.
• 浴缸里满是热水和花瓣。
  Yùgāng lǐ mǎn shì rèshuǐ hé huābàn.
  The bathtub was filled with hot water and flower petals.
• 他在菜里放了三瓣大蒜。
  He put three slices of garlic in the vegetables.
• 在情人节，我用玫瑰花瓣拼出了我的另一半的名字。
  Zài Qíngrénjié, wǒ yòng méiguīhuā bàn pīn chū le wǒ de lìngyībàn de míngzi.
  For Valentine's day, I used rose petals to spell out my sweetheart's name.

Words starting with 瓣

• 瓣胃bàn wèiomasum (third compartment of a ruminant's stomach)
• 瓣膜bàn móvalve (biological)
• 瓣鳃纲bàn sāi gāngLamellibranchia; class of bivalves

Words containing 瓣

• 花瓣huā bànpetal
• 豆瓣dòu bàncotyledon of a bean or pea (i.e. either of the halves of a bean or pea)…
• 单瓣dān bànsingle petal; single valve
• 心瓣xīn bànheart valve
• 旗瓣qí bàn(botany) vexillum; banner petal; standard petal (of a papilionaceous flower)
• 活瓣huó bànvalve
• 翼瓣yì bàn(botany) alae; wing petals (of a papilionaceous flower)
• 臀瓣tún bànanal lobe
• 重瓣chóng bàn(botany) double-flowered
• 半月瓣bàn yuè bànsemilunar valve (anatomy)
• 豆瓣网Dòu bàn WǎngDouban, PRC social networking website
• 豆瓣菜dòu bàn càiwatercress (Nasturtium officinale)
• 豆瓣酱dòu bàn jiàngsticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang
• 阴道瓣yīn dào bànhymen
• 龙骨瓣lóng gǔ bàn(botany) carina; keel (of a papilionaceous flower)
• 蒜瓣suàn bàngarlic clove
• 多瓣蒜duō bàn suànChinese elephant garlic
• 野鼬瓣花yě yòu bàn huāwild hemp
• 灰瓣蹼鹬huī bàn pǔ yù(bird species of China) red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
• 红颈瓣蹼鹬hóng jǐng bàn pǔ yù(bird species of China) red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• 三尖瓣sān jiān bàn(anatomy) tricuspid valve
• 二尖瓣èr jiān bànmitral valve (physiology)
• 二尖瓣狭窄èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎimitral stenosis (physiology)
• 僧帽瓣sēng mào bànsee 二尖瓣

Characters that look like 瓣

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

• 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 鳞línscales (of fish, snakes etc)
• 癣xuǎnringworm; Taiwan pr. xiǎn
• 鳕xuěcodfish; Gadus macrocephalus
• 鳏guānwidower
• 鳟zūntrout; barbel; Taiwan pr. zùn

Sounds the same

Read bàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 半half; semi-; incomplete
• 办to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)…
• 扮to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role)
• 伴partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 拌to mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 绊to trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 湴mud; slush; ooze
• 姅menstruation
• 秚old variant of 拌