Dictionary › 百般

百般

bǎi bān

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

百般 (bǎi bān) means "in hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 百般 means

1. in hundred and one ways
2. in every possible way
3. by every means

The characters in 百般

• 百bǎihundred; numerous; all kinds of
• 般bānsort; kind; class

Example sentences

• 翻译其实是一件吃力不讨好的事，因为一种语言在另一种语言中的对应物藏在往往隐藏在深不可测之处，翻译者需要百般寻觅，而且，挑剔的读者很难糊弄。
  Fānyì qíshí shì yī jiàn chīlìbùtǎohǎo de shì, yīnwèi yīzhǒng yǔyán zài lìngyī zhǒng yǔyán zhōng de duìyìng wù cáng zài wǎngwǎng yǐncáng zài shēnbùkěcè zhī chǔ, fānyìzhě xūyào bǎibān xúnmì, érqiě, tiāoti de dúzhě hěn nán hùnong.
  In reality, translation is akin to working for peanuts, since the corresponding meaning of something in one language is often hidden in some deep and impenetrable recesses of the other. As a result, the translator is forced to search all over... Never mind that the picky reader is very difficult to fool.

Words starting with 百般

• 百般刁难bǎi bān diāo nàn(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
• 百般奉承bǎi bān fèng chéngto fawn upon sb in every possible way
• 百般巴结bǎi bān bā jiéto flatter someone in a hundred different ways; assiduous fawning (idiom)

Go deeper

• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎi bān correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.