办法

Character by character

• 办bàn4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 辦manage, do, handle; deal with
• 法fǎ8 strokesHSK 2law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 没办法。

  Méi bàn fǎ

  There's nothing that can be done.

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• 没有办法。

  Méi yǒu bàn fǎ

  There's no way.

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• 有个办法。

  Yǒu gè bàn fǎ

  There is one way.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 办法. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 无法wú fǎHSK 4

  unable; incapable

• 方法fāng fǎHSK 2

  method; way; means

• 办bànHSK 2

  to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with

• 法fǎHSK 4

  law; method; way; to emulate; (Buddhism) dharma; (abbr. for 家) the Legalists; (physics) farad (abbr. for 拉)

• 法律fǎ lǜHSK 4

  law

• 办公室bàn gōng shìHSK 2

  office; business premises; bureau

• 怎么办zěn me bànHSK 2

  what's to be done

• 想法xiǎng fǎHSK 2

  way of thinking; opinion; notion; to think of a way (to do sth)

• 法庭fǎ tíngHSK 6

  court of law

• 说法shuō faHSK 5

  way of speaking; wording; formulation; one's version (of events); statement; theory; hypothesis; interpretation

• 法院fǎ yuànHSK 4

  court of law; court

• 非法fēi fǎHSK 7

  illegal

• 看法kàn fǎHSK 2

  way of looking at a thing; view; opinion

• 合法hé fǎHSK 3

  lawful; legitimate; legal

• 举办jǔ bànHSK 3

  to conduct; to hold

• 法官fǎ guānHSK 4

  judge (in court)

• 违法wéi fǎHSK 5

  illegal; to break the law

• 做法zuò fǎHSK 2

  way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice

• 执法zhí fǎHSK 7

  to enforce a law; law enforcement

• 司法sī fǎHSK 7

  judicial; (administration of) justice

• 手法shǒu fǎHSK 5

  technique; trick; skill

• 办事bàn shìHSK 4

  to handle (affairs); to work

• 宪法xiàn fǎHSK 7

  constitution (of a country)

• 办公bàn gōngHSK 6

  to handle official business; to work (esp. in an office)