Learn Chinese Characters

Meaning

remove; transport; move; shift

Chinese: 移动、搬运。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ban” becomes a different word in each tone. 搬 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

  • 搬家bān jiāto move house; to relocate; to remove (sth)
  • 搬迁bān qiānto move; to relocate; removal
  • 搬用bān yòngto apply mechanically; to copy and use
  • 搬动bān dòngto move (sth) around; to move house
  • 搬走bān zǒuto carry

Example Sentence

我们一起把这些箱子搬到楼上去。Wǒ men yì qǐ bǎ zhè xiē xiāng zi bān dào lóu shàng qù.Let us carry these boxes upstairs together.

我们Wǒ menwe一起yì qǐ(in) the same place(marks the object)这些zhè xiēthese箱子xiāng zisuitcasebānto move (i.e. relocate onedàoto reach楼上lóu shàngupstairsto go