搬
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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
(fig.) to play mahjong
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