斑 (bān) — spot, speckle, stripe (as marks on a surface)
Definition
noun
spotspecklestripe (as marks on a surface)
Measure word · 块
Easily confused
- 班bānlook-alike(noun) class, grade (in school)
- 搬bānsound-aliketo move (a heavy or bulky object); to relocate (one's home)
- 般bānsound-alike(bound root) kind, sort, way (in compounds like 一般, 百般)
- 颁bānsound-aliketo issue, to promulgate (laws, decrees, official documents)
- 扳bānsound-aliketo pull (with force); to turn (a switch, handle, etc.)
Examples
- 斑。Zhè kuài bù shàng yǒu lán sè hé bái sè de bān.This fabric has blue and white spots.
- 斑。Tā de shǒu bì shàng yǒu jǐ gè bān.He has a few spots on his arm.
- 斑。Qiū tiān de shù yè shàng yǒu huáng sè de bān.Autumn leaves have yellow spots.
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