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bàn
HSK 3.0 Level 2

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Definitions

  1. 1. to do
  2. 2. to manage
  3. 3. to handle
  4. 4. to go about
  5. 5. to run
  6. 6. to set up
  7. 7. to deal with

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 443619)

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Words Containing 办

商办
shāng bàn

to consult and act upon

勤俭办企业
qín jiǎn bàn qǐ yè

to run an enterprise diligently and thriftily

移送法办
yí sòng fǎ bàn

to bring to justice; to hand over to the law

遵办
zūn bàn

to handle in accordance with (the rules)

办案
bàn àn

to handle a case

交办
jiāo bàn

to assign (a task to sb)

办公大楼
bàn gōng dà lóu

office building

法办
fǎ bàn

to bring to justice

函办
hán bàn

see 函送法辦|函送法办[hán sòng fǎ bàn]

国务院港澳事务办公室
guó wù yuàn gǎng ào shì wù bàn gōng shì

Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council

协办
xié bàn

to assist

公事公办
gōng shì gōng bàn

to do things in a strictly businesslike manner (idiom)

待办事项列表
dài bàn shì xiàng liè biǎo

to-do list

照办
zhào bàn

to follow the rules

督办
dū bàn

to oversee

办公楼
bàn gōng lóu

office building

营办
yíng bàn

to handle

懒办法
lǎn bàn fǎ

to loaf about

好办
hǎo bàn

easy to do; easy to manage

承办
chéng bàn

to undertake

国家汉办
guó jiā hàn bàn

Office of Chinese Language Council International (known colloquially as \Hanban\), an organ of the PRC government which develops Chinese language and culture teaching resources worldwide, and has established Confucius Institutes 孔子學院|孔子学院[kǒng zǐ xué yuàn] internationally

主办权
zhǔ bàn quán

the right to host (an international meeting)

首办
shǒu bàn

first organized

办罪
bàn zuì

to punish

主办国
zhǔ bàn guó

host country

备办
bèi bàn

to provide (items for an event)

阻差办公
zǔ chāi bàn gōng

(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)

查办
chá bàn

to investigate and handle (a criminal case)

没办法
méi bàn fǎ

there is nothing to be done

有办法
yǒu bàn fǎ

can find methods

停办
tíng bàn

to shut down

办报
bàn bào

to run a newspaper

官办
guān bàn

government-run; state-run

办货
bàn huò

to purchase goods (for a company etc)

椭圆形办公室
tuǒ yuán xíng bàn gōng shì

Oval office (in the White House)

办法
bàn fǎ

means

批办
pī bàn

to approve and carry out

包办
bāo bàn

to undertake to do everything by oneself

申办
shēn bàn

to apply for

办公室
bàn gōng shì

office

办桌
bàn zhuō

to provide catering

办理
bàn lǐ

to handle; to transact; to conduct

勤俭办社
qín jiǎn bàn shè

to run an organization diligently and thriftily

兴办
xīng bàn

to begin

办妥
bàn tuǒ

to arrange

怎么办
zěn me bàn

what's to be done

拿你没办法
ná nǐ méi bàn fǎ

don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)

重办
zhòng bàn

to punish severely

中共中央办公厅
zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng

General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, responsible for technical and logistical matters relating to the Central Committee

置办
zhì bàn

to purchase

国务院台湾事务办公室
guó wù yuàn tái wān shì wù bàn gōng shì

Taiwan Affairs Office

无纸化办公
wú zhǐ huà bàn gōng

paperless office

包办代替
bāo bàn dài tì

to do everything oneself (idiom); not to allow others in on the act

办年货
bàn nián huò

to shop in preparation for Chinese New Year

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

开办
kāi bàn

to open

包办婚姻
bāo bàn hūn yīn

forced marriage

街道办事处
jiē dào bàn shì chù

subdistrict office

据情办理
jù qíng bàn lǐ

to handle a situation according to the circumstances (idiom)

措办
cuò bàn

to plan

拿办
ná bàn

to arrest for punishment

国家互联网信息办公室
guó jiā hù lián wǎng xìn xī bàn gōng shì

Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)

嘴上无毛,办事不牢
zuǐ shàng wú máo , bàn shì bù láo

see 嘴上沒毛,辦事不牢|嘴上没毛,办事不牢[zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo]

办事处
bàn shì chù

office

办公地址
bàn gōng dì zhǐ

business address

办学
bàn xué

to run a school

法制办公室
fǎ zhì bàn gōng shì

Legislative Affairs Office, LAO (PRC)

外办
wài bàn

foreign affairs office

勤俭办学
qín jiǎn bàn xué

to run a school diligently and thriftily

公办
gōng bàn

state-run

办不到
bàn bu dào

impossible

办到
bàn dào

to accomplish

瞧着办
qiáo zhe bàn

to do as one sees fit

私办
sī bàn

privately-run

办公自动化
bàn gōng zì dòng huà

office automation

看着办
kàn zhe bàn

to do as one sees fit

添办
tiān bàn

to acquire

办酒席
bàn jiǔ xí

to prepare a feast

办公桌轮用
bàn gōng zhuō lún yòng

hot-desking

网信办
wǎng xìn bàn

Cyberspace Administration of China

创办人
chuàng bàn rén

founder (of an institution etc)

嘴上没毛,办事不牢
zuǐ shàng méi máo , bàn shì bù láo

a youth without facial hair cannot be relied upon (proverb)

究办
jiū bàn

to investigate and deal with

秉公办理
bǐng gōng bàn lǐ

conducting business impartially (idiom); to act justly

缓办
huǎn bàn

to postpone

惩办
chéng bàn

to punish (someone)

主办
zhǔ bàn

to organize

办公厅
bàn gōng tīng

general office

创办
chuàng bàn

to establish

酌情办理
zhuó qíng bàn lǐ

to act after full consideration of the actual situation

合办
hé bàn

to cooperate

你看着办吧
nǐ kàn zhe bàn ba

You figure it out for yourself.

侦办
zhēn bàn

to investigate (a crime) and prosecute

办事
bàn shì

to handle (affairs)

一手包办
yī shǒu bāo bàn

to take care of a matter all by oneself

函送法办
hán sòng fǎ bàn

to bring to justice; to hand over to the law

手办
shǒu bàn

garage kit

举办
jǔ bàn

to conduct

买办
mǎi bàn

comprador

办好
bàn hǎo

to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously

筹办
chóu bàn

to arrange; to make preparations

采办
cǎi bàn

to buy on a considerable scale

国务院新闻办公室
guó wù yuàn xīn wén bàn gōng shì

State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China

办公
bàn gōng

to handle official business

联合国难民事务高级专员办事处
lián hé guó nán mín shì wù gāo jí zhuān yuán bàn shì chù

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

民办
mín bàn

run by the local people

解决办法
jiě jué bàn fǎ

solution

帮办
bāng bàn

assist in managing

补办
bǔ bàn

to do sth after the time it should have been done

操办
cāo bàn

to arrange matters

办公时间
bàn gōng shí jiān

office hours

创办者
chuàng bàn zhě

founder

代办
dài bàn

to act for sb else

酌办
zhuó bàn

to do as one thinks fit

试办
shì bàn

to try sth out