(bǎn) — slope; hillside (literary or in place names)

Definición

A literary variant of 坡, used mainly in place names like 大阪 (Osaka). Not used in everyday speech — learners will see it almost exclusively in proper nouns.

noun
slopehillside (literary or in place names)

Ejemplos

  • Dà bǎn shì rì běn yí gè zhòng yào chéng shì.
    Osaka is an important city in Japan.
  • Zhè zuò shān de shān bǎn hěn dǒu.
    The hillside of this mountain is very steep.
  • Zài gǔ dài, bǎn hé pō shì tóng yì cí.
    In ancient times, 阪 and the character for slope were synonyms.

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