Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

promulgate; send out; issue; to grant or confer

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ban” becomes a different word in each tone. 颁 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 颁发bān fāto issue; to promulgate; to award
  • 颁布bān bùto issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc)
  • 颁奖bān jiǎngto confer an award
  • 颁行bān xíngissue for enforcement
  • 颁给bān gěito award; to confer on (sb)

Example Sentence

校长亲自给优秀学生颁发了奖状。Xiào zhǎng qīn zì gěi yōu xiù xué sheng bān fā le jiǎng zhuàng.The principal personally awarded certificates to the outstanding students.

校长Xiào zhǎng(college, university) pres亲自qīn zìpersonallygěito优秀yōu xiùoutstanding学生xué shengstudent颁发bān fāto issuele(completed action)奖状jiǎng zhuàngprize certificate