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板

Mandarin · pinyin bǎn

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板: bǎn · plank, board; iron or tin plate

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3 · ban3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

baan2

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character · Etymology 1

plank; board
blackboard
sluggish; stiff; inflexible
to harden; hardened
(Internet) board (sub-unit of a larger BBS or imageboard)
(music) clapper
(music) beat; meter; rhythm (in music or Chinese opera)
to look serious or displeased
(literary or Southern Min) wooden coffin
(Southern Min) ability; capability; talent
(Shanghainese) to become sealed by a thin, hardened layer formed upon drying
(Suzhounese) to have to; must

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