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畔

pàn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 7-9 Character

What 畔 means

1. bound formside; edge; boundary

Example sentences

• 英国首都伦敦在泰晤士河畔。
  Yīngguó shǒudū Lúndūn zài Tàiwùshì Hé pàn.
  London, the capital of England, is on the Thames.

Words starting with 畔

• 畔援pàn yuándomineering; tyrannical

Words containing 畔

• 湖畔hú pànlakeside
• 河畔hé pànriverside; river plain
• 耳畔ěr pànears
• 江畔jiāng pànriverbank
• 让畔ràng pànto be accommodating in negotiating the boundary of one's field…
• 埃文河畔斯特拉特福Āi wén hé pàn Sī tè lā tè fúStratford-upon-Avon

Characters built on 半

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

• 判pàn(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 伴bànpartner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany
• 叛pànto betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 泮pàn(literary) to melt; to dissolve
• 袢pànused in 袷袢; variant of 襻

Characters that look like 畔

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

• 衅xìnquarrel; dispute; a blood sacrifice (arch.)
• 砰pēng(onomatopoeia) bang; thump
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 砷shēnarsenic (chemistry)
• 悴cuìhaggard; sad; downcast
• 栉zhìcomb; to comb; to weed out

Sounds the same

Read pàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 判(bound form) to differentiate; to distinguish; (bound form) clearly (different)…
• 盼to hope for; to long for; to expect
• 叛to betray; to rebel; to revolt
• 拚to strive for; to struggle; to disregard
• 板to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
• 泮(literary) to melt; to dissolve
• 袢used in 袷袢; variant of 襻
• 襻button loop; sth similar to a button loop (shoe strap, basket handle etc)…
• 詊pleasing; clever talk
• 鋬(dialect) handle of a cup, kettle or other vessel
• 頖disperse

Where 畔 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · pā–pán (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pàn correctly.
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