classifierverb
板
bǎn
board; plank; plate; shutter
All meanings
- board
- plank
- plate
- shutter
- table tennis bat
- clappers (music)
- accented beat in Chinese music
- hard
- stiff
- to stop smiling or look serious
In context
Example sentences
黑板上写着几个字。
Hēibǎn shàng xiě zhe jǐ gè zì.
There are a few characters on the blackboard.
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Related words
Words with 板
Grammar notes
HSK levels
New exam levels follow the CLEC syllabus released 15 November 2025. The first official sitting of the new exam is announced for 13 December 2026, for HSK 1 to 6. HSK 7-9 is one advanced band.
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板 (bǎn) means "board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious" in Chinese.
板 is pronounced "bǎn" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 3.
板 is not part of the HSK vocabulary lists. It may be a specialized or advanced word.
Common words with 板 include 中板 (moderato), 主板 (motherboard (computing)), 凹板 (variant of 凹版[ao1 ban3]), 刻板 (stiff), 七巧板 (tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)).
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Reviewed by RJ Murray, Founder, HSK Lord.