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扳

Mandarin · pinyin bān#

to pull
to turn (sth) around
to turn around (a situation)
to recoup

Mandarin · pinyin pān#

variant of 攀 pān

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扳: bān · pull; drag; right itself

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baan1 · baan2 · paan1

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character · Etymology 1

to pull; to turn
to win back
(literary, or in compounds) to debate; to dispute
(Sichuanese) to bend or break apart with both hands; to adjust
(Sichuanese) to manipulate and massage a client's neck to relieve pain caused by sleeping in an awkward position (of a barber)
(Sichuanese) to argue; to debate; to contend; to dispute
(Sichuanese) to overturn; to topple
(Sichuanese) to compete with
(Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to grip something tightly

character · Etymology 2

(alt-of, alternative) alternative form of 攀 (pān, “to climb; to pull”)

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