跷跷板 (蹺蹺板)
qiāo qiāo bǎn
Pinyin

Definition

跷跷板 (蹺蹺板)
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qiāo qiāo bǎn
  1. see-saw

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

mú bǎn
  1. 1 template
  2. 2 (architecture) formwork
lǎo bǎn
  1. 1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn
zhǔ bǎn
  1. 1 motherboard (computing)
kè bǎn
  1. 1 stiff
  2. 2 inflexible
  3. 3 mechanical
  4. 4 stubborn
  5. 5 to cut blocks for printing
jiào bǎn
  1. 1 to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
  2. 2 (coll.) to challenge

Idioms (2)

一板一眼
yī bǎn yī yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter
  2. 2 scrupulous attention to detail
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

Sample Sentences

奶奶,走,去玩跷跷板。滑滑梯的都是小宝宝,没意思。
nǎinai ,zǒu ,qù wán qiāoqiāobǎn 。huá huátī de dōu shì xiǎobǎobao ,méi yìsi 。
Grandma, let's go play on the seesaw. There are too many little kids on the slide. It's no fun.
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嗯!跷跷板那里没有人,奶奶跟我玩吧。
ng4 !qiāoqiāobǎn nàlǐ méiyǒu rén ,nǎinai gēn wǒ wán ba 。
Yeah! There's nobody over there by the seesaw. You should play with me, Grandma.
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奶奶比你重很多,不能跟你玩跷跷板。你要找小朋友一起玩。哎,那边有一个小朋友。
nǎinai bǐ nǐ zhòng hěn duō ,bùnéng gēn nǐ wán qiāoqiāobǎn 。nǐ yào zhǎo xiǎopéngyou yīqǐ wán 。āi ,nàbiān yǒu yī gè xiǎopéngyou 。
Grandma is a lot heavier than you, and can't play on the seesaw with you. You need to look for a kid to play with. Hey, there's a kid over there.
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你好,我们一起玩跷跷板好吗?
nǐhǎo ,wǒmen yīqǐ wán qiāoqiāobǎn hǎo ma ?
Hello, let's play together on the seesaw, okay?
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我不玩跷跷板,我要去玩海洋球!
wǒ bù wán qiāoqiāobǎn ,wǒ yào qù wán hǎiyángqiú !
I don't want to play on the seesaw. I'm going to play in the ball pit.
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