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办法 bànfǎ “method” in Chinese

Traditional 辦法

What 办法 means

  1. method
  2. way of doing something
  3. way of handling sth
  4. means
  5. measure
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (practical) solution to a problem

Measure word 条 tiáo · 一条办法 yì tiáo bànfǎ

How to say 办法

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale办bàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale法fǎ3rd tone, dipping

办法 in a sentence

  1. 这个办法真好啊！

    Zhè ge bànfǎ zhēn hǎo a!

    That’s a great idea!

    Sentence #1216111 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 再想别的办法吧。

    Zài xiǎng biéde bànfǎ ba.

    Let’s think of another way.

    Sentence #10511443 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这咖啡热得我没办法喝。

    Zhè kāfēi rè de wǒ méi bànfǎ hē.

    This coffee is too hot for me to drink.

    Sentence #441485 from Tatoeba

How 办法 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.

The character 法 (fǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
法fǎlaw
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 去to go away · qù

Memory aidTraditionally explained as water 氵, which always lies level and so is fair, with 去 (qù) “to remove”, driving the guilty away: law, method.

How to write 办法

办 4 strokes · 法 8 strokes

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

Words related to 办法

Words with 办

办bàn · to handle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

Words with 法

法fǎ · law看法kànfǎ · way of looking at a thing语法yǔfǎ · grammar法律fǎlǜ · law方法fāngfǎ · method无法wúfǎ · to be unable to合法héfǎ · lawful法院fǎyuàn · court of law法人fǎrén · legal entity非法fēifǎ · illegal

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FAQs

办法 (bànfǎ) means “method” or “way of doing something”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it bànfǎ: bàn with a 4th tone, then fǎ with a 3rd 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, 办法 is written 辦法. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 条 (tiáo). For example, one method is 一条办法 (yì tiáo bànfǎ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banfa with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 办法 from the suggestions. Typing banfa into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
办法 is an HSK 3 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.