棒 bàng stick
stick; club
How to remember 棒: 木 tree + 奉 to offer = stick. The boy breaks a branch off the old tree and goes to offer it to his dog, who proudly carries the stick home.
Component breakdown
棒 = 木 tree + 奉 to offer
- 木 tree
- 奉 to offer
The boy breaks a branch off the old tree and goes to offer it to his dog, who proudly carries the stick home.
How it is used
- Colloquially 'great / awesome' - 你真棒 (nǐ zhēn bàng) you're amazing! A very common spoken word of praise.
- Literal sense is a stick/club/bat: 棒球 (bàngqiú) baseball, 棒子 a club.
- The praise sense is the everyday one you'll hear most.
Words with 棒
Example sentences
- 我想打棒球。 Wǒ xiǎng dǎ bàngqiú.I want to play baseball.