HSK 5 · Verbs

办理 bànlǐ “to handle” in Chinese

Traditional 辦理

What 办理 means

  1. to handle
  2. to transact
  3. to conduct

How to say 办理

  • 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理lǐ3rd tone, dipping

办理 in a sentence

  1. 联合航空公司办理登机手续的柜台在哪里？

    Liánhé Hángkōng Gōngsī bànlǐ dēngjī shǒuxù de guìtái zài nǎlǐ?

    Where is the United Airlines check-in counter?

    Sentence #903043 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 办理 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 理 (lǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
理lǐtexture
  • 王king · wángMeaning part
  • 里village · lǐSound part

王 hints at the meaning (king); 里 (lǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with lǐ.

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉: cutting jade along its grain. 里 (lǐ) gives the sound: to put in order, reason.

How to write 办理

办 4 strokes · 理 11 strokes

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

Words related to 办理

Words with 办

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

Words with 理

经理jīnglǐ · manager理解lǐjiě · to comprehend理想lǐxiǎng · an ideal理发lǐfà · to get a haircut修理xiūlǐ · to repair整理zhěnglǐ · to arrange管理guǎnlǐ · to supervise处理chǔlǐ · to handle合理hélǐ · rational心理xīnlǐ · psychology

More words: Common Verbs

熬夜áoyè · to stay up late包括bāokuò · to comprise把握bǎwò · to grasp (also fig.)摆bǎi · to arrange包裹bāoguǒ · parcel包含bāohán · to contain保持bǎochí · to keep保存bǎocún · to conserve

FAQs

办理 (bànlǐ) means “to handle” or “to transact”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bànlǐ: bàn with a 4th tone, then lǐ 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, 办理 is written 辦理. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type banli with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 办理 from the suggestions. Typing banli into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
办理 is an HSK 5 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.