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bàng

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English Definition	stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; measure word for legs of a relay race
Simplified Script	棒
Traditional Script	Same
Pinyin	bàng
Effective Pinyin (After Tone Sandhi)	Same
Zhuyin (Bopomofo)	ㄅㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping)	paang⁵
Part of Speech	(形) adjective, (量) measure word
Proficiency Test Level	HSK.v3=5 TOCFL=3,6

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Words With Same Head Word
棒球	bàngqiú	baseball
棒子	bàngzi	stick; club; cudgel; maize (corn); ear of maize; corncob; (derog.) Korean
棒棒糖	bàng bàngtáng	lollipop; sucker
棒槌	bàngchuí	wooden club (used to beat clothes in washing)
棒喝	bànghè	practice in which a novice monk is shouted at or hit with a stick with the purpose of bringing about instant awakening (Buddhism); to rebuke sternly

Words With Same Tail Word
好棒	hǎobàng	excellent (interjection)
棍棒	gùnbàng	club; staff; stick
大棒	dàbàng	big stick (policy etc)
指挥棒	zhǐhuī bàng	baton
接力棒	jiēlì bàng	relay baton; (fig.) responsibilities (passed over to one's successor)

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