办 bàn manage
manage; to handle; to take care of
How to remember 办: 力 power + 八 eight = manage. The cafe owner has no power left after eight hours alone behind the counter, yet somehow she still manages.
Component breakdown
办 = 力 power + 八 eight
- 力 power
- 八 eight
The cafe owner has no power left after eight hours alone behind the counter, yet somehow she still manages.
How it came to be
The full form is strength held between two marking needles, the kind used on criminals: hard work to get a thing handled and set up. Simplification replaced the needles with two dots.
How it is used
- Means "to handle / take care of / manage." 办事 (bànshì) get things done, 办理 (bànlǐ) to process (paperwork, procedures): 办理签证 (bànlǐ qiānzhèng) process a visa.
- 怎么办 (zěnme bàn) = "what should I/we do?" - an everyday cry when stuck. 办法 (bànfǎ) = way/method to solve something: 想办法 (xiǎng bànfǎ).
- 举办 (jǔbàn) / 主办 (zhǔbàn) = to hold / host (an event). 办公室 (bàngōngshì) = office.
Characters built with 办
Words with 办
- 办法bànfǎmethodHSK 3
- 办公室bàngōngshìofficeHSK 3
- 怎么办zěnmebànwhat's to be doneHSK 3
- 举办jǔbànto conductHSK 4
- 办事bànshìto handle (affairs)HSK 4
- 办公bàngōngto handle official businessHSK 4
- 办理bànlǐto handleHSK 4
- 主办zhǔbànto organizeHSK 6
- 创办chuàngbànto establishHSK 6
- 承办chéngbànto undertakeHSK 6
- 公办gōngbànstate-runHSK 7
- 办事处bànshìchùofficeHSK 7
- 办学bànxuéto run a schoolHSK 7
- 开办kāibànto openHSK 7
- 民办mínbànrun by the local peopleHSK 7
- 照办zhàobànto follow the rulesHSK 7
- 申办shēnbànto apply forHSK 7
- 筹办chóubànto arrangeHSK 9
Example sentences
- 行，就这么办！ Xíng, jiù zhème bàn!OK, let's do it this way!
- 我去英国大使馆办签证。 Wǒ qù Yīngguó dàshǐguǎn bàn qiānzhèng.I'm going to the British embassy to get a visa.
- 你有什么好办法？ Nǐ yǒu shénme hǎo bànfǎ?Do you have any good ideas?
- 我们根据合同来办事。 Wǒmen gēnjù hétong lái bànshì.We conduct our business in accordance with the contract.