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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 叫板

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
叫板 jiào bǎn - to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
- (coll.) to challenge

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 - 27,641 21,455

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiào- to shout
- to call
- to order
- to ask
- to be called
- by (indicates agent in the passive mood)
jiào- variant of 叫[jiao4]
bǎn- board
- plank
- plate
- shutter
- table tennis bat
- clappers (music)
- CL:塊|块[kuai4]
- accented beat in Chinese music
- hard
- stiff
- to stop smiling or look serious
bǎn- see 老闆|老板, boss
pàn- to catch sight of in a doorway (old)

Other Words Containing 叫板

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo