HSK 6 · Objects

棍棒 gùnbàng “club” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 棍棒 means

  1. club
  2. stick
  3. cudgel
  4. staff

How to say 棍棒

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale棍gùn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale棒bàng4th tone, falling

棍棒 in a sentence

  1. 教育孩子不能靠棍棒。

    Jiàoyù háizi bùnéng kào gùnbàng.

    You can’t raise children with a stick.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他手里拿着一根棍棒赶羊。

    Tā shǒulǐ ná zhe yì gēn gùnbàng gǎn yáng.

    He was herding the sheep with a stick in his hand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 棍棒 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 棍 (gùn) with each of its parts in a different colour
棍gùnstick; rod; truncheon
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 昆elder brother · kūnSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 昆 (kūn) hints at the sound. Compare it with gùn.

The character 棒 (bàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
棒bàngstick
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 奉to offer · fèngSound part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 奉 (fèng) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàng.

How to write 棍棒

棍 12 strokes · 棒 12 strokes

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

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

Words related to 棍棒

Words with 棒

棒bàng · great

More words: Objects & Materials

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FAQs

棍棒 (gùnbàng) means “club” or “stick”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gùnbàng: gùn with a 4th tone, then bàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 棍棒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gunbang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 棍棒 from the suggestions. Typing gunbang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
棍棒 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.