辦

See also: 辧, 辨, 辯, 瓣, and 办

辦 U+8FA6, 辦 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8FA6 ← 辥 [U+8FA5] CJK Unified Ideographs 辧 → [U+8FA7]

Translingual

Han character

辦 (Kangxi radical 160, 辛+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 卜十大尸十 (YJKSJ), four-corner 0044₁, composition ⿲辛力辛)

Derived characters

• 𥷁

Related characters

• 办 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1251, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38655
• Dae Jaweon: page 1731, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4042, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8FA6

Chinese

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
辬	*praːn
瓣	*breːns
辦	*breːns
辨	*breːns, *brenʔ
辡	*prenʔ, *brenʔ
辯	*brenʔ
辮	*beːnʔ

Characters in the same phonetic series (辡) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *breːns) : phonetic 辡 (OC *prenʔ, *brenʔ) + semantic 力 (“strength”).

Etymology 1

trad.		辦
simp.		办

Cognate with Tibetan བྲེལ་བ (brel ba, “to be employed; busy”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Variety	Location	edit 辦
Mandarin	Beijing	/pan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/pan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/pan⁵³/
	Jinan	/pã²¹/
	Qingdao	/pã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/pan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/pã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/pã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/pan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/pɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/pan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/pan³⁵/
	Chengdu	/pan¹³/
	Guiyang	/pan²¹³/
	Kunming	/pã̠²¹²/
	Nanjing	/paŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/pæ̃⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/pæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/pɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/pæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/be²³/
	Suzhou	/be̞³¹/
	Hangzhou	/bẽ̞¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ba²²/
Hui	Shexian	/pʰɛ²²/
	Tunxi	/pʰuːə¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/pan⁵⁵/ /pan¹¹/
	Xiangtan	/ban²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/pʰan²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/pʰan⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/pʰɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/pan²²/
	Nanning	/pan²²/
	Hong Kong	/pan²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/pan²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/paiŋ²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/paiŋ⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/pʰõi³¹/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ʔbaŋ³³/

Rime
Character	辦
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	蒲莧切
Baxter	beanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/bænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bəɨnH/
Li Rong	/bɛnH/
Wang Li	/bænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	baan6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	辦
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bàn
Middle Chinese	‹ bɛnH ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁren-s/
English	manage, deal with
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	辦
Reading #	1/1
No.	782
Phonetic component	辡
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	瓣
Old Chinese	/*breːns/
Notes	同辨

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bàn (ban⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ban⁴

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): baan⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ban⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): pan⁵
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phan

  (Hailu, HRS): pan^˖

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pan⁴

• Jin (Wiktionary): ban³
• Northern Min (KCR): bāing
• Eastern Min (BUC): bâing
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁷ / poin⁷ / bain⁷

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): bang⁷

• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶be
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ban⁴ / ban⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàn
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴
    • Yale: bàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann
    • Palladius: бань (banʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: ban⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ban
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baan⁶
    • Yale: baahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ban⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: pan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰan¹¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phan
    • Hakka Romanization System: pan
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pan^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan³³/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pan⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ban³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /pæ̃⁴⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: bāing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paiŋ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bâing
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paiŋ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
    • Tâi-lô: pān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pan
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang⁷ / poin⁷ / bain⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pāng / phōiⁿ / pāiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ¹¹/, /pʰõĩ¹¹/, /pãĩ¹¹/

Note:

• bang7 - literary;
• poin7/bain7 - vernacular (bain7 - Jieyang).

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: bang⁷
    • Sinological IPA: /paŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶be
    • MiniDict: be^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /be²³¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ban⁴ / ban⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pan⁴⁵/, /pan²¹/
Note:
• ban4 - literary;
• ban5 - vernacular.

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: beanH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤren-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*breːns/

Definitions

辦

1. to deal with; to handle; to manage; to take care of

   沒辦法／没办法  ―  méibànfǎ  ―  there is no way to deal with this

   怎麼辦？／怎么办？  ―  Zěnmebàn?  ―  What do I do?

2. to prepare; to get something ready

   辦飯的／办饭的 [dialectal Mandarin]  ―  bànfànde [Pinyin]  ―  (Wulian Mandarin) wife (literally, “the person who prepares meals”)

3. to process; to obtain (e.g. a visa/passport)

   辦證／办证  ―  bànzhèng  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   辦戶口／办户口  ―  bàn hùkǒu  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. to set up; to run
5. to bring to justice; to punish

   法辦／法办  ―  fǎbàn  ―  to punish according to the law

   • 君信可人，必能辦賊者也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     君信可人，必能办贼者也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3^rd century CE

     Jūn xìn kěrén, bì néng bàn zéi zhě yě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1888, James Dyer Ball, Cantonese Made Easy, Hongkong: The 'China Mail' Office, page 12:

     應該辦佢坐兩個禮拜監呀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     应该办佢坐两个礼拜监呀。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     jing¹ goi¹ baan⁶ keoi⁵ co⁵ loeng⁵ go³ lai⁵ baai³ gaam¹ aa³. [Jyutping]

     He ought to be sentenced to two weeks' imprisonment.

   • 譬如玉太尊所辦的人，大約十分中九分半是良民，半分是這些小盜。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     譬如玉太尊所办的人，大约十分中九分半是良民，半分是这些小盗。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1907 CE, Liu E, The Travels of Lao Can

     Pìrú Yù tàizūn suǒ bàn de rén, dàyuē shí fēn zhōng jiǔ fēn bàn shì liángmín, bànfēn shì zhèxiē xiǎodào. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

6. (only in compounds) Short for 辦公室／办公室 (bàngōngshì, “office”).
7. (euphemistic) to kill off; to murder

   • 李開這人太壞，太霸道，惹急了老子找人把他辦了。 [MSC, trad.]
     李开这人太坏，太霸道，惹急了老子找人把他办了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2005 January, 丁和 (Ding He), 《雇凶杀好友,55万元买断厅级高干的生命》, in 《法制与经济》 [Legal and Economy], →ISSN, issue 2005(01), page 10

     Lǐ Kāi zhè rén tài huài, tài bàdào, rě jí le lǎozi zhǎo rén bǎ tā bàn le. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 光頭得意洋洋：「你看不出個眉眼高低啊？去辦幾個人，你信不？」 [MSC, trad.]
     光头得意洋洋：「你看不出个眉眼高低啊？去办几个人，你信不？」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015 August 22, 刘振涛 (Liu Zhentao), 《阿P遭劫》, in 《故事会》, →ISSN, issue 590, page 60

     Guāngtóu déyìyángyáng: “Nǐ kàn bù chū ge méiyǎngāodī a? Qù bàn jǐge rén, nǐ xìn bù?” [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (to deal with):

edit

• 作
• 做 (zuò)
• 妝／妆 (¹tsaon) (Wenzhounese)
• 幹／干
• 搞 (gǎo)
• 整治 (zhěngzhì)
• 物 (muêh⁸) (Teochew)
• 變／变 (Hokkien)

 

• (to kill off):

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• 刑 (xíng) (literary)
• 剿戮 (jiǎolù) (archaic)
• 屠宰 (túzǎi) (an animal for food)
• 屠戮 (túlù) (literary)
• 屠殺／屠杀 (túshā) (in large numbers)
• 慘殺／惨杀 (cǎnshā) (to kill in cold blood)
• 故意殺人／故意杀人 (gùyì shārén) (law, mainland China)
• 殘殺／残杀 (cánshā)
• 殛斃／殛毙 (jíbì) (literary)
• 殺／杀
• 殺人／杀人 (shārén) (to kill someone)
• 殺害／杀害 (shāhài)
• 殺戮／杀戮 (shālù) (literary)
• 殺死／杀死 (shāsǐ)
• 解決／解决 (jiějué) (euphemism)
• 誅殺／诛杀 (zhūshā) (literary)
• 謀殺／谋杀 (móushā)

 

Compounds

• 一手包辦／一手包办 (yīshǒubāobàn)
• 中聯辦／中联办 (Zhōngliánbàn)
• 主辦／主办 (zhǔbàn)
• 交辦／交办
• 代辦／代办 (dàibàn)
• 仿辦／仿办
• 偵辦／侦办 (zhēnbàn)
• 停辦／停办 (tíngbàn)
• 備辦／备办 (bèibàn)
• 催辦／催办 (cuībàn)
• 公事公辦／公事公办 (gōngshìgōngbàn)
• 公私皆辦／公私皆办
• 兼辦／兼办
• 創辦／创办 (chuàngbàn)
• 創辦人／创办人 (chuàngbànrén)
• 包辦／包办 (bāobàn)
• 協辦／协办 (xiébàn)
• 合辦／合办 (hébàn)
• 咄嗟便辦／咄嗟便办
• 咄嗟可辦／咄嗟可办
• 咄嗟而辦／咄嗟而办
• 嚴辦／严办 (yánbàn)
• 多多益辦／多多益办
• 夙辦／夙办
• 夥辦／伙办
• 好辦／好办
• 委辦／委办
• 安辦／安办
• 官商合辦／官商合办
• 官督商辦／官督商办
• 官辦／官办 (guānbàn)
• 幫辦／帮办 (bāngbàn)
• 幹辦／干办
• 怎麼辦／怎么办 (zěnmebàn)
• 懲辦／惩办 (chéngbàn)
• 批辦／批办
• 承辦／承办 (chéngbàn)
• 拿辦／拿办 (nábàn)
• 採辦／采办 (cǎibàn)
• 接辦／接办
• 措辦／措办
• 排辦／排办
• 擬辦／拟办
• 書辦／书办
• 查辦／查办 (chábàn)
• 核辦／核办
• 沒辦法／没办法 (méi bànfǎ)
• 治辦／治办
• 法辦／法办 (fǎbàn)
• 洽辦／洽办 (qiàbàn)
• 港澳辦／港澳办 (Gǎng'àobàn)
• 照辦／照办 (zhàobàn)
• 營辦／营办
• 申辦／申办 (shēnbàn)
• 看著辦／看著办
• 督辦／督办 (dūbàn)
• 礙難照辦／碍难照办
• 究辦／究办 (jiūbàn)
• 籌辦／筹办 (chóubàn)
• 經辦／经办 (jīngbàn)
• 總辦／总办
• 署辦／署办
• 置辦／置办 (zhìbàn)
• 老辦／老办
• 自有辦法／自有办法
• 興辦／兴办 (xīngbàn)
• 舉辦／举办 (jǔbàn)
• 訊辦／讯办
• 試辦／试办 (shìbàn)
• 買辦／买办 (mǎibàn)
• 購辦／购办
• 趕辦／赶办
• 辦不到／办不到 (bànbùdào)
• 辦事／办事 (bànshì)
• 辦事員／办事员 (bànshìyuán)
• 辦事細則／办事细则
• 辦事處／办事处 (bànshìchù)
• 辦人／办人
• 辦備／办备
• 辦公／办公 (bàngōng)
• 辦公室／办公室 (bàngōngshì)
• 辦公廳／办公厅 (bàngōngtīng)
• 辦公桌／办公桌 (bàngōngzhuō)
• 辦公處／办公处
• 辦到／办到
• 辦報／办报 (bànbào)
• 辦好／办好
• 辦妥／办妥 (bàntuǒ)
• 辦學／办学 (bànxué)
• 辦差／办差 (bànchāi)
• 辦心／办心
• 辦抽／办抽
• 辦案／办案 (bàn'àn)
• 辦桌／办桌 (bànzhuō)
• 辦法／办法 (bànfǎ)
• 辦理／办理 (bànlǐ)
• 辦稿／办稿
• 辦貨／办货 (bànhuò)
• 辦酒席／办酒席
• 迭辦／迭办
• 遵辦／遵办
• 重辦／重办
• 開辦／开办 (kāibàn)
• 開辦費／开办费
• 閱辦／阅办
• 靜辦／静办
• 革職查辦／革职查办

 

References

• “辦”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04106
• “Entry #11982”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Etymology 2

trad.		辦
simp.		办
alternative forms		板 版

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pān

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bang⁷

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baan²
    • Yale: báan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān
    • Tâi-lô: pān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pan²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pan²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bang⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paŋ¹¹/

Definitions

辦

1. (Cantonese, Southern Min) sample; specimen (Classifier: 個／个 c)
2. (Cantonese) template

Synonyms

• (sample): 樣本／样本 (yàngběn), 樣品／样品 (yàngpǐn)

Compounds

• 人辦／人办
• 攞辦／𫽋办
• 有辦你睇／有办你睇
• 樣辦／样办
• 水辦／水办
• 照辦煮碗／照办煮碗
• 睇辦／睇办
• 貨不對辦／货不对办
• 貨辦／货办

 

Japanese

Kanji

辦

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. manage
2. do
3. handle
4. deal with

Readings

• Go-on: べん (ben)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: つとめる (tsutomeru)

Korean

Hanja

辦 (eumhun 힘들일 판 (himdeuril pan))

1. manage
2. do
3. handle
4. deal with

Hanja

辦 (eum 변 (byeon))

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

辦: Hán Nôm readings: biện^[1], bạn

1. (only in compound biện pháp) chữ Hán form of biện (“to handle, to do; to prepare”).

References

1. Trần (2004).