HSK 6 · Food

搅拌 jiǎobàn “to stir” in Chinese

Traditional 攪拌

What 搅拌 means

  1. to stir
  2. to mix
  3. to agitate

How to say 搅拌

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale搅jiǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale拌bàn4th tone, falling

搅拌 in a sentence

  1. 将混合物搅拌均匀。

    Jiāng hùnhéwù jiǎobàn jūnyún.

    Stir the mixture until it’s evenly blended.

    Sentence #13109383 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 搅拌机对真的喜欢冰沙的人来说很不错。

    Jiǎobànjī duì zhēn de xǐhuan bīngshā de rén lái shuō hěn búcuò.

    Blenders are great for people who really love smoothies.

    Sentence #824447 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 搅拌 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 搅 (jiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
搅jiǎoto disturb
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 觉conscious · jiàoSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 觉 (jiào) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎo.

The character 拌 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
拌bànto mix
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 半half · bànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 半 (bàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàn.

How to write 搅拌

搅 12 strokes · 拌 8 strokes

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搅拌 (jiǎobàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 搅拌 (jiǎobàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 搅拌

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FAQs

搅拌 (jiǎobàn) means “to stir” or “to mix”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎobàn: jiǎo with a 3rd tone, then bàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 搅拌 is written 攪拌. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiaoban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 搅拌 from the suggestions. Typing jiaoban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
搅拌 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.