Chinese Word: 扳 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

扳Polyphone (多音字)

Total strokes: 7; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic:反 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 反 [ fǎn ] reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-

Similar Characters: 板扱

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Pinyin: bān

English Definition:to pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation); to recoup

Chinese Definition:
①往下或往里拉：扳动。扳道岔。
②扭转，扳回败局。扳本(赌博时嬴回输掉的钱)。

Example Words:

扳机	bān jī	(gun) trigger
扳动	bān dòng	to pull out; to pull a lever
扳道	bān dào	railroad switch
扳子	bān zi	spanner; wrench; Classifiers: 把
扳平	bān píng	to equalize; to level the score; to pull back the advantage

Pinyin: pān

English Definition:variant of 攀

1		yòng 用 bān shǒu 扳手 bān 扳 jǐn suǒ 紧锁 jǐn 紧 mào 帽。 Tighten locking nut with spanner.
2		tā 她 bān 扳 zhe 着 shǒu zhǐ 手指 zài 在 jì suàn 计算。 She is counting on her fingers.
3		tā 他 bān 扳 le 了 xià 下 shǒu zhǐ 手指 guān jié 关节。 He cracked his knuckles.
4		tā 她 kāi shǐ 开始 bān 扳 zhe 着 shǒu zhǐ 手指 luó liè 罗列 zhè xiē 这些 míng zi 名字。 And she began ticking them off on her fingers.
5		jiù 就 chà 差 yī 一 fēn 分 shū diào 输掉 bǐ sài 比赛， xiàn zài 现在 wǒ 我 shè fǎ 设法 qiāng 将 bǐ fēn 比分 bān 扳 le 了 huí lai 回来。 I was a point from losing this match, and now I managed to come back.

1		yòng 用 bān shǒu 扳手 bān 扳 jǐn suǒ 紧锁 jǐn 紧 mào 帽。 Tighten locking nut with spanner.
2		tā 她 bān 扳 zhe 着 shǒu zhǐ 手指 zài 在 jì suàn 计算。 She is counting on her fingers.
3		tā 他 bān 扳 le 了 xià 下 shǒu zhǐ 手指 guān jié 关节。 He cracked his knuckles.
4		tā 她 kāi shǐ 开始 bān 扳 zhe 着 shǒu zhǐ 手指 luó liè 罗列 zhè xiē 这些 míng zi 名字。 And she began ticking them off on her fingers.
5		jiù 就 chà 差 yī 一 fēn 分 shū diào 输掉 bǐ sài 比赛， xiàn zài 现在 wǒ 我 shè fǎ 设法 qiāng 将 bǐ fēn 比分 bān 扳 le 了 huí lai 回来。 I was a point from losing this match, and now I managed to come back.