板

bǎn · ban/pàn · pan

Traditional 闆

Meaning

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bǎn 板

  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

bǎn 闆

  1. see 老闆 / 老板, boss

pàn 闆

  1. to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)把(bǎ)一(yí)块(kuài)木(mù)板(bǎn)钉(dìng)在(zài)墙(qiáng)上(shàng)当(dàng)书(shū)架(jià)。

He nailed a board to the wall as a bookshelf.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)消(xiāo)息(xi),他(tā)的(de)脸(liǎn)立(lì)刻(kè)板(bǎn)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

Hearing this news, his face immediately turned serious.

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