棒 bàng▶ palo; excelente

Stroke order

棒 is written in 12 strokes.

• 棒

Senses

1. stick
2. club
3. cudgel
4. smart
5. capable
6. strong
7. wonderful
8. classifier for legs of a relay race

Example sentences

• 你唱得真棒！Nǐ chàng de zhēn bàng!You sing really well!
• 这个孩子很棒。Zhège háizi hěn bàng.This child is great.

Related words

• 棍棒club; garrote

棒 is pronounced bàng and means “palo; excelente”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 棒 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.