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般
bān
1. sort
2. kind
3. class
4. way
5. manner
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

般
bān
sort, manner, kind, class
HSK 3 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

一般
yībān
same
HSK 3
全般
quánbān
entire
恁般
rènbān
(old) this way
百般
bǎibān
in hundred and one ways
般配
bānpèi
to be well matched
万般
wànbān
every kind
诸般
zhūbān
various
这般
zhèbān
like this
一般人
yībānrén
average person
一般性
yībānxìng
general
线圈般
xiànquānbān
solenoid (electrical engineering)
史诗般
shǐshībān
epic
万般无奈
wànbānwúnài
to have no way out
狗交媾般
gǒujiāogòubān
doggy-style
百般刁难
bǎibāndiāonán
to put up innumerable obstacles
百般奉承
bǎibānfèngchéng
to fawn upon sb in every possible way
百般巴结
bǎibānbājié
to flatter someone in a hundred different ways
八般头风
bābāntóufēng
(TCM) eight kinds of "head wind" (headache)
一般来说
yībānláishuō
generally speaking
一般来讲
yībānláijiǎng
generally speaking

Alternate Entries

般
pán
see [[般樂|般乐<pánlè>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
628
Word Frequency Rank
1,957 of 84,292

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