颁 (bān): to promulgate, to send out, to issue
颁 (bān) is a Chinese character meaning “to promulgate.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 分 (structural) and 页 (structural). It ranks #2254 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 颁 to pass out 分 a booklet 页; 分 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 页 (page) appears in many related characters such as 页 (xié, head), 顺 (shùn, to obey), 须 (xū, must).
Definitions
- to promulgate
- to send out
- to issue
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo pass out 分 a booklet 页; 分 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰分页 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 颁奖 | bān jiǎng | to confer an award |
| 颁发 | bān fā | to issue |
| 颁布 | bān bù | to issue |
| 颁行 | bān xíng | issue for enforcement |
| 颁给 | bān gěi | to award |
| 颁白 | bān bái | variant of 斑白[ban1 bai2] |
| 颁示 | bān shì | to make public |
| 颁授 | bān shòu | to confer (e.g. a diploma) |
| 颁赏 | bān shǎng | to bestow a prize or reward |
| 颁赐 | bān cì | to award (a medal etc) |
颁 appears in 10 compound words: 100 as the first character, 0 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 颁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
学习颁字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí bān zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "颁" requires repeated practice to achieve neatness.
...期 | 第二届SFFE2030年度峯会暨颁奖盛典即将启幕
. . . qī dì èr jiè S F F E 2 0 3 0 nián dù 峯 huì jì bān jiǎng shèng diǎn jí jiāng qǐ mù
... Issue | The second SFFE2030 Annual Summit and Awards Ceremony is about to begin
经典赛/赖清德颁“一等景星勋章” 王贞治:这次台湾队是历...
jīng diǎn sài lài qīng dé bān yī děng jǐng xīng xūn zhāng wáng zhēn zhì : zhè cì tái wān duì shì lì . . .
Classic / Lai Qingde awarded the "First Class Jingxing Medal" Wang Zhenzhi: This time the Taiwan team is a history...
巴拿马颁令撤长和两港口经营权 中国外交部回应
bā ná mǎ bān lìng chè cháng hé liǎng gǎng kǒu jīng yíng quán zhōng guó wài jiāo bù huí yīng
Panama ordered the withdrawal of the governor and the right to operate the two ports, and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded
巴拿马政府颁令:撤销长和两港口经营权 授权由海事局接...
bā ná mǎ zhèng fǔ bān lìng : chè xiāo cháng hé liǎng gǎng kǒu jīng yíng quán shòu quán yóu hǎi shì jú jiē . . .
The Panamanian government ordered the revocation of the operation rights of Changhe and the two ports, and the authorization was taken over by the Maritime Administration...
横跨东西非 周大观基金会颁生命奖章肯定人权行动者
héng kuà dōng xī fēi zhōu dà guàn jī jīn huì bān shēng mìng jiǎng zhāng kěn dìng rén quán háng dòng zhě
Across East and West Africa, the Chow Tai Kwan Foundation awarded the Life Medal in recognition of human rights activists
校长向每个毕业生颁发了毕业证书。
Xiàozhǎng xiàng měi gè bìyèshēng bānfā le bìyèzhèngshū.
The principal presented each of the graduates with diploma.
另外，之后我们会颁发“每月最佳员工”奖。
Lìngwài, zhīhòu wǒmen huì bānfā "měiyuè zuì jiā yuángōng " jiǎng.
In addition, we will issue the 'employee of the month' award afterwards.
奥斯卡颁奖典礼，是好莱坞最盛大的活动。
àosīkǎ bānjiǎng diǎnlǐ, shì Hǎoláiwù zuì shèngdà de huódòng.
The Oscar ceremonies are Hollywood's biggest extravaganza.
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