拌 (bàn): to mix, to mix in, to toss (a salad)
拌 (bàn) is a Chinese character meaning “to mix.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 半 (phonetic). It ranks #2937 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拌 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to mix
- to mix in
- to toss (a salad)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 搅拌verb | jiǎo bàn | to stir |
| 搅拌机noun | jiǎo bàn jī | blender |
| 凉拌verb | liáng bàn | to dress cold food with sauce |
| 拌嘴verb | bàn zuǐ | to bicker |
| 凉拌面noun | liáng bàn miàn | cold noodles in sauce |
| 杂拌儿 | zá bàn r | erhua variant of 雜拌|杂拌 |
| 拌和verb | bàn huò | to mix and stir |
| 拌面noun | bàn miàn | noodles served with soy sauce, sesame butter etc |
| 拌种 | bàn zhǒng | seed dressing |
| 拌嘴斗舌 | bàn zuǐ dòu shé | to quarrel |
| 杂拌 | zá bàn | assortment of preserved fruits |
| 拌饭noun | bàn fàn | bibimbap (Korean cuisine) |
| 拌炒 | bàn chǎo | to stir-fry |
| 拌蒜verb | bàn suàn | to stagger (walk unsteadily) |
拌 appears in 14 compound words: 57 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 拌 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
妈妈拌着孩子的手，慢慢地过马路。
mā mā bàn zhe hái zǐ de shǒu , màn màn dì guò mǎ lù .
Mom held her child's hand as they slowly crossed the street.
不要过度搅拌，否则就成水了。
bù yāo guò dù jiǎo bàn , fǒu zé jiù chéng shuǐ le .
Don't stir it too much, or it will turn into water.
...评第一的菜:泰式柠檬虾,酸甜解腻,随便一拌就好吃
. . . píng dì yī de cài : tài shì 柠 檬 xiā , suān tián jiě nì , suí biàn yī bàn jiù hǎo chī
...The top-rated dish: Thai lemon shrimp—sweet and sour, perfect for cutting through the richness, and delicious even when just tossed together
大葱炒牛肉,酸菜炒肉,酱拌菠菜,糖柿子,都是下饭硬菜
dà cōng chǎo niú ròu , suān cài chǎo ròu , jiàng bàn 菠 cài , táng shì zǐ , dōu shì xià fàn yìng cài
Stir-fried beef with scallions, stir-fried pork with pickled cabbage, spinach with sauce, and candied persimmons—these are all hearty dishes that go great with rice.
好市多1拌面酱多有料 老饕激推:超好吃
hǎo shì duō 1 bàn miàn jiàng duō yǒu liào lǎo 饕 jī tuī : chāo hǎo chī
Costco 1 noodle sauce is full of ingredients, gourmets highly recommend: super delicious
倒酱油、拌肉馅,看春晚机器人化身“新春大厨”
dǎo jiàng yóu , bàn ròu xiàn , kàn chūn wǎn jī qì rén huà shēn xīn chūn dà chú
Pour soy sauce, mix meat filling, and watch the Spring Festival Gala robot transform into a "New Year chef"
将混合物搅拌均匀。
Jiāng hùnhéwù jiǎobàn jūnyún.
Blend the mixture together until it is smooth.
我把蛋黄酱和番茄酱拌到一起。
Wǒ bǎ dànhuángjiàng hé fānqiéjiàng bàn dào yīqǐ.
I mix mayonnaise with ketchup.
在我们的饭店抓饭，拌面，烤肉串都有。
Zài wǒmen de fàndiàn zhuāfàn, bànmiàn, kǎoròu chuàn dōu yǒu.
We have pilaf, lo mein, and kebabs in our restaurant.
我们的拌面里有好多东西。
Wǒmen de bànmiàn lǐ yǒu hǎoduō dōngxi.
There's a lot of stuff in our lo mein.
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