斑
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bān · freckled, mottled, spotted, striped

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12Total strokes

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Left-middle-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 斑

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bānWords pronounced bān
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Example sentences

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Tā de jī fū rú tóng niú nǎi yí yàng jié bái, shēn shàng méi yǒu yí chù bān diǎn.她的肌肤如同牛奶一样洁白,身上没有一处斑点。

Her skin is as white as milk, without a single blemish on her body.

Source: Tatoeba #8589283 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xìn hào dēng biàn hóng de shí hòu, wǒ gāng hǎo zài bān mǎ xiàn shàng huá dǎo le.信号灯变红的时候,我刚好在斑马线上滑倒了。

I slipped and fell on the crosswalk, just when the light turned red.

Source: Tatoeba #13911368 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hóng lǜ dēng biàn hóng de shí hòu, wǒ gāng hǎo zài bān mǎ xiàn shàng huá dǎo le.红绿灯变红的时候,我刚好在斑马线上滑倒了。

I slipped and fell on the crosswalk, just when the light turned red.

Source: Tatoeba #13911367 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè pǐ bān mǎ shì nǐ de ma?这匹斑马是你的吗?

Is this zebra yours?

Source: Tatoeba #8135399 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Hóng fā de rén wǎng wǎng yǒu què bān.红发的人往往有雀斑。

Red-haired people tend to have freckles.

Source: Tatoeba #10201149 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yǒu yì zhī hēi bái bān diǎn gǒu.我有一隻黑白斑點狗。

I have a black and white speckled dog.

Source: Tatoeba #338737 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 斑 in context

  1. Say bān, then recall the core meaning: freckled, mottled, spotted, striped.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the left-middle-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 斑点 (bān diǎn), meaning “spot”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 斑 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.