板 (bǎn) means Board (plank - inflexible - stern). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
老 板 对员工很好。
Lǎobǎn duì yuángōng hěn hǎo.
The boss treats the staff well.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老板
老师在黑 板 上写字。
Lǎoshī zài hēibǎn shàng xiě zì.
The teacher is writing on the blackboard.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 黑板
黑 板 上的字太小了。
Hēibǎn shàng de zì tài xiǎo le.
The writing on the blackboard is too small.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 黑板
他被老 板 骂了一顿。
Tā bèi lǎobǎn mà le yí dùn.
He got a telling-off from the boss.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 骂
妈妈在案 板 上揉面。
Māma zài ànbǎn shang róu miàn.
Mum is kneading dough on the board.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 揉
黑 板 上的字看不清楚。
Hēibǎn shàng de zì kàn bu qīngchu.
I can't see the writing on the blackboard clearly.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 清楚
这家店的老 板 是我朋友。
Zhè jiā diàn de lǎobǎn shì wǒ péngyou.
The owner of this shop is my friend.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 老板
这块 板 子的厚度是三毫米。
Zhè kuài bǎnzi de hòudù shì sān háomǐ.
This board is three millimetres thick.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毫米
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Words that contain 板
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Questions about 板
How is 板 used in a sentence?
This page shows 8 sentences using 板 (bǎn, "Board (plank - inflexible - stern)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 板 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 板 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 板?
The dictionary page for 板 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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