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般

bān

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

What 般 means

1. sort
2. kind
3. class
4. way
5. manner

Other readings

般 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• bōused in {般若|bō rě}
• pánsee {般乐|pán lè}

Example sentences

• 他们两一般大
  both of them are same age
• 他一般周末在家
  He's generally at home on weekends
• 你一般几点睡觉？
  What time do you usually go to bed?
• 我一般六点起床。
  I usually get up at six.
• 您一般几点下班？
  When do you usually get off work?
• 你一般几点下班？
  When do you usually get off work?

Words starting with 般

• 般若bō rě(Buddhism) wisdom; insight into the true nature of reality (from Sanskrit prajñā)
• 般配bān pèito be well matched; to suit
• 般乐pán lèto play; to amuse oneself
• 般游pán yóuto amuse oneself
• 般若波罗密bō rě bō luó mìprajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)
• 般雀比拉多Bān què Bǐ lā duōPontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)
• 般若波罗密多心经bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīngthe Heart Sutra
• 般桓pán huánvariant of 盘桓

Words containing 般

• 一般yī bānsame; ordinary; so-so
• 一般人yī bān rénaverage person
• 这般zhè bānlike this; this way
• 一般来说yī bān lái shuōgenerally speaking
• 百般bǎi bānin hundred and one ways; in every possible way; by every means
• 如此这般rú cǐ zhè bānthus and so; such and such
• 一般说来yī bān shuō láigenerally speaking; in general
• 万般wàn bānevery kind; manifold; extremely
• 一般性yī bān xìnggeneral; generality
• 万般无奈wàn bān wú nàito have no way out; to have no alternative
• 一般见识yī bān jiàn shi(idiom) to lower oneself to (sb's) level
• 全般quán bānentire
• 诸般zhū bānvarious; many different kinds of
• 线圈般xiàn quān bānsolenoid (electrical engineering); coil
• 史诗般shǐ shī bānepic
• 大般涅槃经Dà Bān niè pán Jīng(Buddhism) Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, aka the Nirvana Sutra, of which two major…
• 恁般rèn bān(old) this way; this much
• 一般般yī bān bānnot particularly good; so-so
• 一般来讲yī bān lái jiǎnggenerally speaking
• 一般原则yī bān yuán zégeneral principle
• 一般而言yī bān ér yángenerally speaking
• 一般规定yī bān guī dìngordinary provision (law)
• 一般贸易yī bān mào yìgeneral trade (i.e. importing and export without processing)
• 八般头风bā bān tóu fēng(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)

Characters built on 殳

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

• 殷yāndark red
• 芟shānto cut down; to mow; to eliminate

Characters that look like 般

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

• 较jiào(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 徙xǐ(literary) to change one's residence
• 躯qūhuman body
• 舵duòhelm; rudder
• 敖Áosurname Ao

Sounds the same

Read bān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 班team; class; grade; (military) squad; work shift
• 搬to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 颁to promulgate; to send out; to issue
• 斑spot; colored patch; stripe
• 扳to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)
• 瘢mark; scar on the skin
• 斒variegated; striped; marbled
• 癍abnormal pigment deposit on the skin
• 攽variant of 颁

Where 般 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 3 Characters · Set 29 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 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 bān correctly.
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