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(bàn) - to handle, to manage, to do in Mandarin

bàn

Traditional: 辦

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Translation

to handle, to manage, to do

Word origin

The traditional form 辦 places the phonetic 辡 between two 力 (lì, strength) elements, conveying effort applied to a task, hence to handle or manage.

Origin
phono-semantic
Root
力 (lì, strength) + 辡 (biàn, phonetic)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 办

办

Examples

。

I will handle this matter.

？

What do you plan to do?

。

He went to the bank to deal with some formalities.

。

We plan to hold a birthday party.

。

This problem is not easy to handle.

办 (bàn) means to handle, manage or get something done, from running errands to holding an event. The set phrase 怎么办 (what is to be done) is one of the most common questions in daily speech.

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Appears in 3 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 办.

怎么办zěn me bànwhat to do, what should be done办法bàn fǎmethod, way, means, solution办公室bàn gōng shìoffice

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This word is part of lesson 29.