板 (baan2 | ban3 ban4) : plank; board

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板

baan2

ban3 ban4

[1] [n] plank; board
[2] [n] plate (of iron, tin, aluminum, etc.); slab
[3] printing blocks

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 木 (#75)

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

板

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Aug 2009 03:08

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黑板 hak1 baan2 hei1 ban3 = blackboard

板球 baan2 kau4 ban3 qiu2 = cricket

老板 lou5 baan2 = boss; manager; owner

砧板 zam1 baan2 zhen1 ban3 = cutting board; block; a chopping board, a chopping block

地板 dei6 baan2 di4 ban3 = floor; floor tile; floorboard; flooring

木板 muk6 baan2 mu4 ban3 = wooden board; plank

滑板 waat6 baan2 hua2 ban3 = skateboard

書板 syu1 baan2 shu1 ban3 = (writing) tablet

板石 baan2 sek6 ban3 shi2 = slab-stone

擦菜板 caat3 coi3 baan2 ca1 cai4 ban3 = (vegetable) grater
See all 159 compounds (CantoDict reports 162 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 9 examples containing 板

我們在黑板上畫一個正方形吧. 國
Let's draw a square on the blackboard.

呢個係雲石地板粵
This is a marble floor.

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

地板好跣腳，因住躀低粵
The floor is slippery. Be careful not to slip and fall.

雖然佢三十六度板斧都出齊，但都唔夠你犀利粵
Although he put in all that he knew, he could not match up with you.

佢噉嘅三板斧仲敢喺一哥面前自吹自擂? 粵
He is not capable but yet has the audacity to blow his trumpet before the master?

呢啲手板眼見功夫你好快就會學識粵
It will not take long before you learn how to do such simple jobs.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

塊紙板唔受力﹐唔好加咁重。粵
The cardboard doesn't carry much weight. Don't add too much.

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