扮 (baan6 baan3 | ban4) : act as; dress up as; pretend

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扮

baan6 baan3

ban4

[粵] baan6 | [國] ban4
[1] act as; play a part/role; simulate
[2] dress up as; disguise; impersonate
[3] [粵] pretend; feign; sham | [國] 佯裝

[粵] baan3 - Cantonese only
beat sb/sth with a long pole

Stroke count: 7

Level: 2

Radical: 扌 (#64)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

扮

This word has been viewed 9512 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jun 2013 02:33

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裝扮 zong1 baan6 zhuang1 ban4 = decorate; disguise as

扮演 baan6 jin2 ban4 yan3 = to act a part

打扮 daa2 baan6 da3 ban4 = to dress up

扮相 baan6 soeng3 ban4 xiang4 = the appearance of an actor or actress in costume or makeup

扮靚 baan6 leng3 = beautify 粵

扮傻 baan6 so4 = act opossum

扮野 baan6 je5 = dramatics

扮作 baan6 zok3 = in the disguise of, play role of

詐傻扮懵 zaa3 so4 baan6 mung2 = play the fool 粵

扮豬食老虎 baan6 zyu1 sik6 lou5 fu2 = pretending to be the fool; feigning ignorance 粵
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Showing 1 example containing 扮

你今日嘅打扮真係潮爆！粵
You look really fashionable today!
[Your style is very up to date.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 扮
Unicode code for this character: U+626e (off-site link)

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