搬 (bun1 | ban1) : move, take away

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搬

bun1

ban1

[1] move; take away; remove; carry
[2] move residence; migrate
[3] adapt and show (on stage, screen, etc)
[4] copy/apply indiscriminately; adopt mechanically

Stroke count: 13

Level: 3

Radical: 扌 (#64)

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

搬

This word has been viewed 11719 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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搬屋 bun1 uk1 = move house 粵

搬家 bun1 gaa1 ban1 jia1 = move house 國

搬出 bun1 ceot1 ban1 chu1 = move out

搬運 bun1 wan6 ban1 yun4 = to carry; to transport

搬開 bun1 hoi1 = to move away; remove

搬兵 bun1 bing1 ban1 bing1 = to call in reinforcement; to ask for help

搬動 bun1 dung6 ban1 dong4 = to transfer

搬唆 bun1 so1 ban1 suo1 = to instigate

搬遷 bun1 cin1 ban1 qian1 = move, relocate; to move house; to move to some specific place

搬運費 bun1 wan6 fai3 ban1 yun4 fei4 = transportation charges

搬運工人 bun1 wan6 gung1 jan4 ban1 yun4 gong1 ren2 = [n] docker; porter

搬移 bun1 ji4 ban1 yi2 = to move, remove, shift

搬用 bun1 jung6 ban1 yong4 = to apply mechanically; to use indiscriminately

搬弄是非 bun1 lung6 si6 fei1 ban1 nong4 shi4 fei1 = to make mischief; to scandal; to sow discord; to tell tales

搬弄 bun1 lung6 ban1 nong4 = move sth about; fiddle with; show off; display

行李搬運工 hang4 lei5 bun1 wan6 gung1 xing2 li3 ban1 yun4 gong1 = [n] baggage-handler

搬運工 bun1 wan6 gung1 ban1 yun4 gong1 = a porter

生搬硬套 saang1 bun1 ngaang6 tou3 sheng1 ban1 ying4 tao4 = copy mechanically disregard of specific conditions; apply or copy mechanically

搬字過紙 bun1 zi6 gwo3 zi2 = copy without thinking

搬龍門 bun1 lung4 mun4 ban1 long2 men2 = bend the rules

Showing all 5 examples containing 搬

我就快搬新屋
I will move to a new house soon.

我就快搬去棟新大廈
I will move to a new building soon.

如果你唔忙嘅話，你可唔可以幫我搬呢個櫃入去間房。粵
If you're not too busy, could you help me move this dressor into the bedroom?

搬重嘢嘅時候，要保持姿勢正確。粵
When moving heavy objects, (one) should maintain a correct posture.
[or "要保持正確嘅姿勢"]

快啲將套梳化搬翻翻嚟！粵
Hurry up and move the sofa back here!
[The first 翻 is an aspect marker, indicating that the sofa should be restored to its original location. The second 翻 is a directional particle, indicating that the sofa should be moved "here", not elsewhere. ]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 搬
Unicode code for this character: U+642c (off-site link)

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