呆板

dāibǎn

adjective #16,485

Meanings

1 stiff
2 rigid
3 inflexible
4 wooden

Characters

dull; stupid; blank

board; plank; stiff

Examples

他的表情很呆板。

Tā de biǎoqíng hěn dāibǎn.

His expression is very stiff.

这篇文章写得太呆板了。

Zhè piān wénzhāng xiě de tài dāibǎn le.

This article is written in too rigid a style.

Tips

mistakes

呆板 is sometimes pronounced ái bǎn in older usage, but dāi bǎn is now standard.

Stroke Order

呆 dāi

板 bǎn