Chinese word dictionary

这般

zhè bān · like this; this way

Practice word

Word information

Simplified这般

Traditional這般

Pinyinzhè bān

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

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

这zhè

this, these; such; here

般bān

sort, manner, kind, class

How to learn 这般

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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Words with the same characters

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这zhè

(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing)

这边zhèbiān

this side; here

这个zhège

(pronoun) this; (adjective) this

这里zhèlǐ

here; variant of 這裡|这里[zhe4 li3]

这儿zhèr

here

这些zhèxiē

these