Chinese word dictionary

板擦

bǎn cā · blackboard or whiteboard eraser

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Word information

Simplified板擦

Traditional板擦

Pinyinbǎn cā

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

板bǎn

board, plank; plate, slab; unnatural, stiff

擦cā

to clean, to erase, to polish; a brush

How to learn 板擦

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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黑板hēibǎn

blackboard; CL:塊|块[kuai4],個|个[ge4]

擦cā

to rub; to scratch; to wipe; to polish; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to brush (past); to shred (a vegetable etc)

老板lǎobǎn

Robam (brand); boss; business proprietor; CL:個|个[ge4]; variant of 老闆|老板[lao3 ban3]

板块bǎnkuài

slab; (geology) tectonic plate; (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry); (economic) bloc

地板dìbǎn

floor

叫板jiàobǎn

to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); (coll.) to challenge