Chinese word

扳

Pronunciation

Pinyinbān

Meaning

  • verbturn

Example

请把开关扳到右边。qǐng bǎ kāi guān bān dào yòu biān

Please turn the switch to the right.

Illustration for 扳 (turn)

More examples

工程师把螺丝扳松了。gōng chéng shī bǎ luó sī bān sōng le

The engineer loosened the screw.

Core concept

A hand grips something and forces it around or away from its current position.

Common phrases

  • 把扳到右边bǎ bān dào yòu biān

    turn to the right

  • 扳开阀门bān kāi fá mén

    turn the valve open

  • 扳回一城bān huí yì chéng

    make a comeback

Similar words

拧níng: Twisting an object by gripping it and turning it with hand force.
转zhuǎn: Turning something around to change its direction or position.
拉lā: Pulling something toward oneself by hand.

Definition in Chinese

用手施力把物体向一方向拉或拧动，使其翻转、松动或改变位置。yòng shǒu shī lì bǎ wù tǐ xiàng yì fāng xiàng lā huò níng dòng shǐ qí fān zhuǎn sōng dòng huò gǎi biàn wèi zhì

Word origin

扳 (bān, "to turn or pull") is formed from 扌 (shǒu, "hand"), which points to manual action, and 反 (fǎn, "reverse"), which chiefly supplies the sound.

Usage tips

  • In everyday instructions, this verb works naturally with a named control and a destination, making the required setting clear for switches, levers, and similar devices.

Other meanings

  • twistverb
  • pullverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 扳手bān shǒuwrenchnoun
  • 扳倒bān dǎoknock downverb
  • 扳回bān huíregainverb

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