辦法

See also: 办法

Chinese

		to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (辦法)		辦	法
simp. (办法)		办	法
anagram		法辦／法办
Literally: “way of dealing with something”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): bànfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): банфа (banfa, III-I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baan⁶ faat³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phan-fap

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pan⁴ fab⁵

• Eastern Min (BUC): bâing-huák
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pān-hoat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bain⁷ huab⁴

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶be-faq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bànfǎ → bànfa (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄢˋ ㄈㄚˇ → ㄅㄢˋ ˙ㄈㄚ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bànfå
    • Wade–Giles: pan⁴-fa⁵
    • Yale: bàn-fa
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bann.faa
    • Palladius: баньфа (banʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pän⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /pän⁵¹ fä¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: банфа (banfa, III-I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pæ̃⁴⁴ fa²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baan⁶ faat³
    • Yale: baahn faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baan⁶ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ban⁶ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːn²² faːt̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phan-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: pan fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pan⁴ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵⁵ fap̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pan⁴ fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ fap̚¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bâing-huák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛiŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ ^(h-)ŋuɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: pān-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paxnhoad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pan⁴¹⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan³³⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pan³³⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /pan²²⁻²¹ huat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bain⁷ huab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pāiⁿ huap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pãĩ¹¹ huap̚²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶be-faq
    • MiniDict: be^去 fah
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³be-faq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /be²² faʔ⁴⁴/

Noun

辦法

1. means; solution; way (of doing something)

   明智的辦法／明智的办法  ―  míngzhì de bànfǎ  ―  smart way

   我現在沒有辦法工作。 [MSC, trad.]
   我现在没有办法工作。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ xiànzài méiyǒu bànfǎ gōngzuò. [Pinyin]

   There's no way I can work now.

   她開始在想另一個辦法保護她女兒的安全。 [MSC, trad.]
   她开始在想另一个办法保护她女儿的安全。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā kāishǐ zài xiǎng lìng yī ge bànfǎ bǎohù tā nǚ'ér de ānquán. [Pinyin]

   She had begun thinking of another way to ensure her daughter's safety.

   很抱歉，沒有辦法了。 [MSC, trad.]
   很抱歉，没有办法了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Hěn bàoqiàn, méiyǒu bànfǎ le. [Pinyin]

   I'm sorry it can't be helped.

   我們沒有辦法，對不起。 [MSC, trad.]
   我们没有办法，对不起。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒmen méiyǒu bànfǎ, duìbùqǐ. [Pinyin]

   We don't have a solution, sorry.

Usage notes

In Min Nan, this term tends to be used more often in a positive sense. Whereas in Mandarin, one says 沒辦法／没办法 (méi bànfǎ, “there is no way”), in Min Nan, one would usually say 無法度／无法度 (bô-hoat-tō͘).

Synonyms

• 主意
• 作法 (zuòfǎ)
• 做法 (zuòfǎ)
• 卯竅／卯窍 (mao³ qiao⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 套套 (tau³ tau^3-2) (Jin, colloquial)
• 對策／对策 (duìcè)
• 工具 (gōngjù) (figurative)
• 手段 (shǒuduàn)
• 措施 (cuòshī)
• 方式 (fāngshì)
• 方法 (fāngfǎ)
• 法子 (colloquial)
• 法度 (Hokkien)
• 渠道 (qúdào)
• 竅門／窍门 (qiàomén)
• 竅門兒／窍门儿 (qiàoménr)
• 管道 (guǎndào) (figurative, especially of communication)
• 行法 (xíngfǎ) (literary)
• 訣竅／诀窍 (juéqiào)
• 訣要／诀要 (juéyào)
• 路子 (lùzi)
• 路徑／路径 (lùjìng)
• 蹊徑／蹊径 (xījìng) (literary, figurative)
• 途徑／途径 (tújìng)
• 進路／进路 (jìnlù)
• 道理 (dàolǐ)
• 道術／道术 (dàoshù) (literary)
• 道道 (dau³ dau^3-2) (Jin)
• 門徑／门径 (ménjìng)
• 門路／门路 (ménlù)
• 門道／门道 (méndao)
• 門頭／门头 (méntóu) (literary, figurative)
• 頭路／头路 (tóulù) (colloquial)

 

Descendants

• → Bouyei: banqfaf
• → Zhuang: banhfap

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
辦	法

Noun

辦法

1. chữ Hán form of biện pháp (“method”).