扳 bān
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 反 reverse, opposite
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
扳
bān
to pull; to turn; to wrench
Character
Example phrases
- 维修工用力扳了一下阀门，管道里的水才慢慢停下来。 Wéixiūgōng yònglì bān le yí xià fámén, guǎndào lǐ de shuǐ cái mànmàn tíng xiàlái. The maintenance worker pulled the valve hard once, and only then did the water in the pipe slowly stop.
- 爸爸用手扳住树枝，让我摘上面的苹果。 Bàba yòng shǒu bān zhù shùzhī, ràng wǒ zhāi shàngmiàn de píngguǒ. Dad pulled the branch down with his hand so that I could pick the apples on it.
- 他用力扳了一下操纵杆，机器就动起来了。 Tā yònglì bān le yí xià cāozònggǎn, jīqì jiù dòng qǐlái le. He pulled the control lever hard once, and the machine started up.
Related words
- 拨 bō to push aside; to dial; to allocate
- 扯 chě to pull; to drag in; to talk nonsense
- 绑 bǎng to tie; to bind
- 扒 bā to hold on to; to push aside; to peel off
- 绷 bēng to stretch tight; to pull taut
- 触摸 chùmō to touch
- 搀 chān to support someone by the arm
- 持 chí to hold; to maintain; to support
- 揣 chuāi to tuck; to carry in one’s clothes
- 搓 cuō to rub; to twist with the hands
- 戳 chuō to poke; to jab; stamp or seal
- 捶 chuí to beat; to pound with the fist