全班 (quán bān) — the whole class; the entire class

Definition

noun
the whole classthe entire class

Examples

  • 全班
    quán bān Tóng xué dōu cān jiā le zhè cì bǐ sài.
    The whole class participated in this competition.
  • 全班
    quán bān Zhè cì kǎo shì dōu kǎo dé hěn hǎo.
    The entire class did very well on this exam.
  • 全班
    Jīng guò tǎo lùn, quán bān jué dìng qù bó wù guǎn cān guān.
    After discussion, the whole class decided to visit the museum.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

bānclass

全 marks 班 as a whole unit, meaning the entire class.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape puts 入 together with 玉 to show a whole piece of jade, so it means complete or whole.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • juépieces of jade
  • dāoknife

班 shows 珏, pieces of jade, and 刀, a knife, cutting them into pieces.

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