(bàn fǎ) - method, way, means, solution in Mandarin
bànfǎTraditional: 辦法
Translation
method, way, means, solution
Word origin
A two-character word: 办 'to manage, to handle' plus 法 'method, law' (water radical 氵with 去 as the other element). Together 办法 means a method or way of doing something.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 办 (manage) + 法 (氵water + 去)
Stroke order
办
法
Examples
？
What good solutions do you have?
。
There is no way.
。
We have to think of a method.
。
There is no other way.
办法 (bàn fǎ) - method, way, means, solution.
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Grammar articles
(6)不但...而且 in Mandarin: Not Only A But Also B (不仅, 还, 也, 并且)
Figurative Directional Complements in Mandarin: 起来, 下去 and 出来 Beyond Up, Down and Out
Formal Mandarin Connectives: 然而, 因此, 于是 and 尽管 (The Written Register)
就 (jiù) vs 才 (cái) in Mandarin: Sooner Than Expected, Later Than Expected
The Mandarin 以 (yǐ) Family: 以为, 以及, 以便, 以免, 以来 and 以...为...
The Mandarin 者 (zhě) Suffix: 作者, 读者, 前者, and Naming the One Who Does It
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