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扮
Mandarin · pinyin bàn
Meanings
- to disguise oneself as
- to dress up
- to play (a role)
- to put on (an expression)
Characters in this entry
- 扮
- bàn · dress up; dress up as
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Mandarin tones
4 · ban4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
baan3 · baan6 · fan5
Cantonese word readings for 扮. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character · Etymology 1
- to dress up; to disguise oneself
- to act; to play
- to put on an expression; to make faces
- (Cantonese) to pretend; to feign
character · Etymology 2
- (literary) to hold
- (literary) to merge
- (literary) to agitate
character · Etymology 3
- (Cantonese) to hit forcefully with a long object
- (Cantonese, of a long object) to stretch across a length; to wrap around something
character · Etymology 4
- (historical dictionaries only) to dig
character · Etymology 5
- (historical dictionaries only) messy
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