棒 (bàng): great; wonderful; excellent

Meanings

木 (wood) + 奉 (to offer) — a wooden stick, extended to mean ‘awesome’

Nǐ zuò de zhēn bàng!

You did a great job!

Zhège zhǔyì tài bàng le!

This idea is fantastic!

Tā de Zhōngwén shuō de hěn bàng.

He speaks Chinese really well.

Bàngqiú shì tā zuì xǐhuan de yùndòng.

Baseball is his favorite sport.

usage

棒 as an adjective (great/awesome) is very common in spoken Chinese. 真棒！and 太棒了！are enthusiastic compliments.

usage

As a noun, 棒 means stick/bat: 棒球 (bàngqiú, baseball), 棒棒糖 (bàngbàngtáng, lollipop).

棒 bàng