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bān

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Definitions

  1. 1. sort
  2. 2. kind
  3. 3. class
  4. 4. way
  5. 5. manner

Words Containing 般

这般
zhè bān

like this

般游
pán yóu

to amuse oneself

般若
bō rě

Sanskrit prajña: wisdom

一般原则
yī bān yuán zé

general principle

一般贸易
yī bān mào yì

general trade (i.e. importing and export without processing)

百般巴结
bǎi bān bā jié

to flatter someone in a hundred different ways

一般般
yī bān bān

not particularly good

一般规定
yī bān guī dìng

ordinary provision (law)

一般说来
yī bān shuō lái

generally speaking

般若波罗密多心经
bō rě bō luó mì duō xīn jīng

the Heart Sutra

百般刁难
bǎi bān diāo nàn

(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties

般乐
pán lè

to play

恁般
rèn bān

this much

一般
yī bān

same

万般
wàn bān

every kind

百般
bǎi bān

in hundred and one ways

一般来讲
yī bān lái jiǎng

generally speaking

般配
bān pèi

to be well matched

一般性
yī bān xìng

general

如此这般
rú cǐ zhè bān

thus and so

一般而言
yī bān ér yán

generally speaking

百般奉承
bǎi bān fèng chéng

to fawn upon sb in every possible way

诸般
zhū bān

various

般雀比拉多
bān què bǐ lā duō

Pontius Pilate (in the Biblical passion story)

万般无奈
wàn bān wú nài

to have no way out

般若波罗密
bō rě bō luó mì

prajña paramita (Sanskrit: supreme wisdom - beginning of the Heart Sutra)

一般人
yī bān rén

average person

线圈般
xiàn quān bān

solenoid (electrical engineering)

天下乌鸦一般黑
tiān xià wū yā yī bān hēi

all crows are black (idiom)

全般
quán bān

entire

史诗般
shǐ shī bān

epic

八般头风
bā bān tóu fēng

(TCM) eight kinds of \head wind\ (headache)

背着抱着一般重
bēi zhe bào zhe yī bān zhòng

lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom)

一般见识
yī bān jiàn shi

to lower oneself to (sb's) level

大般涅盘经
dà bān niè pán jīng

Nirvana sutra

一般来说
yī bān lái shuō

generally speaking