板
bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

板
 - 
bǎn
  1. board
  2. plank
  3. plate
  4. shutter
  5. table tennis bat
  6. clappers (music)
  7. CL:塊|块[kuài]
  8. accented beat in Chinese music
  9. hard
  10. stiff
  11. to stop smiling or look serious
板
 - 
pàn
  1. to catch sight of in a doorway (old)
板
 - 
bǎn
  1. see 老闆|老板, boss

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

模板
mú bǎn
  1. 1 template
  2. 2 (architecture) formwork
老板
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant of 老闆|老板[lǎo bǎn]
主板
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
刻板
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
叫板
jiào bǎn
  1. 1 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. 2 (coll.) to challenge
呆板
dāi bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 also pr. [ái bǎn]
地板
dì bǎn
  1. 1 floor
天花板
tiān huā bǎn
  1. 1 ceiling
平板
píng bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 plate
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 monotonous
  5. 5 tablet (computer)
木板
mù bǎn
  1. 1 slab
  2. 2 board
  3. 3 plank
  4. 4 CL:張|张[zhāng],塊|块[kuài]
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
板子
bǎn zi
  1. 1 board
  2. 2 plank
  3. 3 bamboo or birch for corporal punishment
板栗
bǎn lì
  1. 1 Chinese chestnut
板鸭
bǎn yā
  1. 1 pressed (dried) salted duck
死板
sǐ bǎn
  1. 1 rigid
  2. 2 inflexible
滑板
huá bǎn
  1. 1 skateboard
白板
bái bǎn
  1. 1 whiteboard
  2. 2 tabula rasa
  3. 3 blank slate
篮板
lán bǎn
  1. 1 backboard

Idioms (2)

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

Sample Sentences

你需要一个团队，我明白。可是老板还没同意。
nǐ xūyào yīgē tuánduì ，wǒ míngbai 。kěshì lǎobǎn hái méi tóngyì 。
I understand that you need a team. But our boss hasn’t given us the green light/
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老板，已经九点了。我们还加班呀？
lǎobǎn ，yǐjīng jiǔ diǎn le 。wǒmen hái jiābān ya ？
Boss, it’s already nine o’clock at night. Do we still have to work overtime?
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老板，过奖了。这是我应该做的。
lǎobǎn ，guòjiǎng le 。zhè shì wǒ yīnggāi zuò de 。
Boss, you’re overcomplimenting me. This my responsibility.
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老板，我要加点。加点一碗牛肉面。
lǎobǎn ，wǒ yào jiādiǎn 。jiādiǎn yīwǎn niúròumiàn 。
Boss, I would like to order something in addition. An additional bowl of beef noodles.
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老板，牛肉面可以加大吗？
lǎobǎn ，niúròumiàn kěyǐ jiādà ma ？
Boss, can I have a larger portion of the beef noodles?
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老板，今天的活动没那么顺利，但是我们明天会改进的。
lǎobǎn ，jīntiān de huódòng méinàme shùnlì ，dànshì wǒmen míngtiān huì gǎijìn de 。
Boss, the event didn’t go very well today, but we will do better tomorrow.
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老板，这个计划太赶了，我们也许没办法在下个月前组好一个团队。
lǎobǎn ，zhège jìhuà tài gǎn le ，wǒmen yěxǔ méi bànfǎ zài xiàgèyuè qián zǔ hǎo yīgē tuánduì 。
Boss, the deadline for this project is too tight. I'm afraid that we might not be able to build a team by next month.
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老板很喜欢他，所以他在公司如鱼得水。
lǎobǎn hěn xǐhuan tā ，suǒyǐ tā zài gōngsī rúyúdéshuǐ 。
The boss likes him a lot so he is doing quite well in the company.
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老板开会的时候常常拖泥带水。
lǎobǎn kāihuì de shíhou chángcháng tuōnídàishuǐ 。
The boss always drags the meetings out.
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老板交给我一个任务。
lǎobǎn jiāogěi wǒ yīgē rènwu 。
My boss assigned a task to me.
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