HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Action

办 bàn “to handle” in Chinese

Traditional 辦

What 办 means

to handle
to manage
to take care of (a matter)
to deal with (a task, procedure etc)
to organise (an event)

More meanings from CC-CEDICT

to establish
to set up
to run (an enterprise)
(law) to handle
to investigate
to prosecute (a case or suspect)

How to say 办

办bàn4th tone, falling

办 in a sentence

不要担心。你办得到的。
Búyào dānxīn. Nǐ bàn de dào de.
Don’t worry. You can do it.
Sentence #833110 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
我的手机不见了，怎么办？
Wǒ de shǒujī bújiàn le, zěnmebàn?
My phone’s gone missing. What should I do?
Sentence #420878 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
我们现在怎么办？
Wǒmen xiànzài zěnmebàn?
What do we do now?
Sentence #10260729 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 办 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 办 (bàn) with each of its parts in a different colour

办bànto take care of; to deal with

力strength · lìMeaning part
八eight · bāSound part

力 hints at the meaning (strength); 八 (bā) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàn.

Memory aidSimplified from 辦: strength 力 with work on both sides: to handle, to get done.

How to write 办

办 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

办 (bàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it — Stroke order chart for 办 (bàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 办

Words with 办

办法bànfǎ · method 办公室bàngōngshì · office 怎么办zěnmebàn · what should I do?举办jǔbàn · to conduct 办理bànlǐ · to handle 承办chéngbàn · to undertake 主办zhǔbàn · to host

More words: Action & Change Verbs

见到jiàndào · to see 变biàn · to change 加jiā · to add 选xuǎn · to choose 查chá · to check 做到zuòdào · to accomplish 带来dàilái · to bring (about)变成biànchéng · to turn into

FAQs

What does 办 mean in English?

办 (bàn) means “to handle” or “to manage”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.

How do you pronounce 办?

Say it bàn: bàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.

How do you write 办 in Traditional Chinese?

In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 办 is written 辦. The pronunciation is the same.

How do you type 办 on a keyboard?

Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ban with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 办 from the suggestions. Typing ban into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.

What HSK level is 办?

办 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.

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.