板 (bǎn): board, plank
板 (bǎn) is a Chinese character meaning “board, plank.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 反 (phonetic). It ranks #930 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 板 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- board, plank
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 板
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地板 | dì bǎn | floor |
| 甲板 | jiǎ bǎn | deck (of a boat etc) |
| 滑板 | huá bǎn | skateboard |
| 木板 | mù bǎn | slab |
| 踏板 | tà bǎn | pedal (in a car, on a piano etc) |
| 板子 | bǎn zi | board |
| 板球 | bǎn qiú | cricket (ball game) |
| 古板 | gǔ bǎn | outmoded |
| 面板 | miàn bǎn | panel |
| 板凳 | bǎn dèng | wooden bench or stool |
| 死板 | sǐ bǎn | rigid |
| 呆板 | dāi bǎn | stiff |
| 石板 | shí bǎn | slab |
| 板块 | bǎn kuài | slab |
| 夹板 | jiā bǎn | wooden boards used to press sth together |
板 appears in 100 compound words: 41 as the first character, 59 as the last, and 0 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 板 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
stereotype (conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image)
Example Sentences
施工现场的木板堆放不规范，存在安全隐患。
Shīgōng xiànchǎng de mùbǎn duīfàng bù guīfàn, cúnzài ānquán yǐnhuàn.
The wooden boards at the construction site are not stacked properly, posing safety hazards.
眼镜店老板:钦佩神韵揭露迫害的勇气和智慧
yǎn jìng diàn lǎo bǎn : qīn pèi shén yùn jiē lù pò hài de yǒng qì hé zhì huì
Optical shop owner: Admire Shen Yun's courage and wisdom in exposing persecution
中国网军4千帐户攻击高市早苗 矢板明夫:台日两国正面对相同挑战
zhōng guó wǎng jūn 4 qiān zhàng hù gōng jī gāo shì zǎo miáo shǐ bǎn míng fū : tái rì liǎng guó zhèng miàn duì xiāng tóng tiāo zhàn
4,000 accounts of China's cyber army attacked Sanae Takaichi Akio Yaita: Taiwan and Japan are facing the same challenges
当老板问 “How’s everything?...
dāng lǎo bǎn wèn H o w s e v e r y t h i n g ? . . .
When the boss asks, "How's everything?...
用金牌当屏保,宁忠岩不过是把冷板凳坐热
yòng jīn pái dāng bǐng bǎo , nìng zhōng yán bù guò shì bǎ lěng bǎn dèng zuò rè
Using the gold medal as a screensaver, Ning Zhongyan is just sitting on the cold bench to heat up
“维多利亚的秘密”前老板:我当初太天真、愚蠢、轻信..
wéi duō lì yà de mì mì qián lǎo bǎn wǒ dāng chū tài tiān zhēn yú chǔn qīng xìn . .
"Former Victoria's Secret boss: I was naive, stupid and gullible...
你跟老板合得来吗？
Nǐ gēn lǎobǎn hédelái ma?
Do you get along with your boss?
这家公司的老板是谁？
Zhè jiā gōngsī de lǎobǎn shì shéi?
Who's the boss of this company?
你跟你的老板说什么了？
Nǐ gēn nǐ de lǎobǎn shuō shénme le?
What did you tell your boss?
站在窗口的是你们的老板吗？
Zhàn zài chuāngkǒu de shì nǐmen de lǎobǎn ma?
Is that your boss at the window?
Character Family
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