办
bànTraditional: 辦
#1427 of 5,000 Core 5000
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
办
Examples
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I will handle this matter.
？
What do you plan to do?
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He went to the bank to deal with some formalities.
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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.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 办.
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