叫板
jiào bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

叫板
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jiào bǎn
  1. to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. (coll.) to challenge

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

叫
jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to call
  3. 3 to order
  4. 4 to ask
  5. 5 to be called
  6. 6 by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
主板
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
叫做
jiào zuò
  1. 1 to be called
  2. 2 to be known as
叫好
jiào hǎo
  1. 1 to applaud
  2. 2 to cheer
叫声
jiào shēng
  1. 1 yelling (sound made by person)
  2. 2 barking
  3. 3 braying
  4. 4 roaring (sound made by animals)
叫醒
jiào xǐng
  1. 1 to awaken
  2. 2 to wake sb up
  3. 3 to rouse
名叫
míng jiào
  1. 1 called
  2. 2 named
呼叫
hū jiào
  1. 1 to shout
  2. 2 to yell
  3. 3 (telecommunications) to call
地板
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
尖叫
jiān jiào
  1. 1 to screech
  2. 2 to shriek
平板
píng bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 plate
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 monotonous
  5. 5 tablet (computer)
板
bǎn
  1. 1 board
  2. 2 plank
  3. 3 plate
  4. 4 shutter
  5. 5 table tennis bat
  6. 6 clappers (music)
  7. 7 CL:塊|块[kuài]
  8. 8 accented beat in Chinese music
  9. 9 hard
  10. 10 stiff
  11. 11 to stop smiling or look serious
板凳
bǎn dèng
  1. 1 wooden bench or stool
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng],條|条[tiáo]
板块
bǎn kuài
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 (geology) tectonic plate
  3. 3 (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry)
  4. 4 (economic) bloc
板栗
bǎn lì
  1. 1 Chinese chestnut
模板
mú bǎn
  1. 1 template
  2. 2 (architecture) formwork
滑板
huá bǎn
  1. 1 skateboard
篮板
lán bǎn
  1. 1 backboard

Idioms (7)

一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
叫苦不迭
jiào kǔ bu dié
  1. 1 to complain without stopping (idiom); to bitch endlessly
  2. 2 incessant grievances
叫苦连天
jiào kǔ lián tiān
  1. 1 to whine on for days (idiom)
  2. 2 to endlessly grumble complaints
  3. 3 incessant whining
大喊大叫
dà hǎn dà jiào
  1. 1 shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly
  2. 2 to rant
  3. 3 to kick up a racket
  4. 4 to conduct vigorous propaganda
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
装穷叫苦
zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
  1. 1 to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken (idiom)

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