搬
Definitions
- 1. to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
- 2. to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
- 3. to shift
- 4. to copy indiscriminately
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搬 is typically used with furniture or boxes; use 拿 (ná) for small, handheld objects.
Common mistakes
Moving house is 搬家 (bānjiā), not 搬房子 (bān fángzi), which sounds like physically moving a building.
Example Sentences
3 shown他们一起 搬 那张大桌子。
这个箱子太笨重了，我一个人 搬 不动。
我們才剛 搬 進來。
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Words Containing 搬
to move house; to relocate
to move
to call for reinforcements
to move out (vacate)
to move (sth) around
to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
to stir up trouble
to pass on stories (idiom); to sow dissension
to move (house)
to fiddle with
to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
lit. to move the shoes on the shoe tree (idiom)
to apply mechanically
to move a stone and stub one's toe
to do hard physical labor (as a job)
to hurt oneself by one's own doing
to move (house)
to request
to carry
to crush one's own foot while trying to maneuver a rock (to a cliff edge, to drop on one's enemy) (idiom)
freight
porter
unit that has moved
to arrange (for the dying)
to copy
baggage handler