HSK 6 · Ideas

榜样 bǎngyàng “role model” in Chinese

Traditional 榜樣

What 榜样 means

  1. role model
  2. example
  3. model
  4. example (for people to follow)
  5. (in reference to a person) role model

How to say 榜样

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale榜bǎng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale样yàng4th tone, falling

榜样 in a sentence

  1. 你应该给你的孩子们树立好的榜样。

    Nǐ yīnggāi gěi nǐ de háizimen shùlì hǎo de bǎngyàng.

    You should set a good example for your children.

    Sentence #1314179 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 您做了个坏榜样。

    Nín zuò le ge huài bǎngyàng.

    You’ve set a bad example.

    Sentence #469262 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你该拿他当榜样。

    Nǐ gāi ná tā dàng bǎngyàng.

    You should take him as your role model.

    Sentence #788174 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 榜样 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 榜 (bǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
榜bǎngnotice or announcement
  • 木tree · mù
  • 旁side · páng
The character 样 (yàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
样yàngmanner
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yàng.

How to write 榜样

榜 14 strokes · 样 10 strokes

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

Words related to 榜样

Words with 样

怎么样zěnmeyàng · how is it那样nàyàng · that kind这样zhèyàng · this kind of一样yíyàng · the same怎样zěnyàng · how样子yàngzi · appearance同样tóngyàng · likewise样式yàngshì · type模样múyàng · appearance样品yàngpǐn · sample

More words: Ideas & Concepts

组zǔ · group案例ànlì · case奥秘àomì · mystery拔苗助长bámiáozhùzhǎng · to spoil things through haste (lit. pull shoots to help growth)半途而废bàntú'érfèi · to give up halfway饱经沧桑bǎojīngcāngsāng · to have lived through many ups and downs本能běnnéng · instinct本事běnshi · ability

FAQs

榜样 (bǎngyàng) means “role model” or “example”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bǎngyàng: bǎng with a 3rd tone, then yàng 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, 榜样 is written 榜樣. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bangyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 榜样 from the suggestions. Typing bangyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
榜样 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.