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棒
bàng
1. stick
2. club
3. cudgel
4. smart
5. capable
6. strong
7. wonderful
8. classifier for legs of a relay race
HSK 4 Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

棒
bàng
stick, club; strong, smart; to hit
HSK 4 12 丶

Compound Words (20)

冰棒
bīngbàng
popsicle
丧棒
sāngbàng
funeral stick (held by the son as a sign of filial piety)
大棒
dàbàng
big-stick
好棒
hǎobàng
excellent (interjection)
拳棒
quánbàng
martial arts
撬棒
qiàobàng
crowbar
棉棒
miánbàng
cotton swab
棍棒
gùnbàng
club
HSK 6
棒冰
bàngbīng
popsicle
棒国
Bàngguó
(derog.) Korea
棒坛
bàngtán
baseball circles
棒子
bàngzi
stick
棒材
bàngcái
bar
棒槌
bàngchuí
wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
棒杀
bàngshā
pushing sb to failure by excessive criticism
棒球
bàngqiú
baseball
棒硫
bàngliú
roll sulfur
棒糖
bàngtáng
sucker
球棒
qiúbàng
baseball bat
真棒
zhēnbàng
super!

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,287
Word Frequency Rank
625 of 84,292

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