搬

bān

verb HSK 3 #867

Meanings

1 to move (objects from one place to another)
2 to relocate; to move (house)

Characters

move; carry; transport

Contains 扌 (hand radical) — moving things by hand.

Examples

帮我搬一下这个箱子。

Bāng wǒ bān yīxià zhège xiāngzi.

Help me move this box.

他搬到北京去了。

Tā bān dào Běijīng qù le.

He moved to Beijing.

这张桌子太重了，搬不动。

Zhè zhāng zhuōzi tài zhòng le, bān bù dòng.

This table is too heavy, I can't move it.

Tips

grammar

搬 + result complement: 搬走 (move away), 搬来 (move here), 搬进 (move in), 搬出 (move out), 搬不动 (can't move it).

Stroke Order

搬 bān