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HSK
blackboard / CL: 塊|块, 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *板* | 板* | *板
board / plank / plate / shutter / table tennis bat / clappers (music) / CL: 塊|块 / accented beat in Chinese music / hard / stiff / to stop smiling or look serious
HSK 3
floor
HSK 6
boss / business proprietor / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
slab / flagstone / slate
to fall apart / opera section in free rhythm
motherboard
stiff / inflexible / also pr. [ai2 ban3]
calendar of events
tangram (traditional Chinese block puzzle)
ceiling (of a room) / (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
skateboard
blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
andante / at a walking pace
(computing) motherboard / (stock market) main board
snowshoe
to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song) / (coll.) to challenge
HSK 7-9
slow tempo / adagio
sampan
accelerator pedal
clapper-board / auctioneer's hammer / to beat time with clappers
HSK 7-9
billboard
set square / triangle (for drawing right angles)
stiff / inflexible / mechanical / stubborn / to cut blocks for printing
solar panel
whiteboard / tabula rasa / blank slate
short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming; weak point
cardboard
center dash console / central dashboard
slab / board / plank / CL: 張|张, 塊|块
HSK 7-9
moderato
meniscus (anatomy)
ruler (used for drawing lines)
vise jaw / press board (in a machine)
see-saw
see-saw / also written 蹺蹺板|跷跷板
earnest / authentic
daily upper limit on the price of a stock
slab; flat board; (engineering) surface plate / flat; level / (fig.) dull; monotonous / abbr. for 平板電腦|平板电脑 and 平板手機|平板手机
sailboard / windsurfing
cangue / fig. difficult situation
washboard
shield / protective board
stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) / stand-up paddleboard / blade of a propeller / blade of an oar
(Tw) (computing) touchpad
substrate
daily lower limit on the price of a stock
panel / faceplate
tongue depressor / spatula
waist and back / physique
floor with tiled design
forward deck (of a boat)
deck (of a boat etc)
variant of 老闆|老板
HSK 3
panel / back panel
pedal (in a car, on a piano etc) / treadle / footstool / footrest / footboard
flight deck
plywood
medium-density fiberboard (MDF) / abbr. to 中纖板|中纤板
(computing) clipboard
rigid / inflexible
writing tablet / clipboard
power strip / powerboard (with multiple electrical sockets)
thin plate / sheet / lamina / Taiwan pr. [bo2 ban3]
template
sampan / also written 舢舨
power strip
springboard / jumping-off point / gangplank
outmoded / old-fashioned / inflexible
lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties
fingerboard (of a guitar or violin etc)
drywall / gypsum wallboard / plasterboard
blood platelet
longboard
tortoise plastron / turtle shell
printed circuit board
wooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself); (fig.) (of a facial expression) grim; unsmiling / coffin bread, a Taiwanese snack consisting of a thick slab of bread, fried or toasted, then hollowed out, filled with a thick stew, and capped with a "coffin lid" (slice of fried bread)
pedal / treadle / (motor scooter) floorboard
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闆* | 闆* | *闆
see 老闆|老板, boss
HSK 3
information screen
(Tw) windsurfing / sailboard
epiphyseal plate / growth plate (bone)
to mop the floor
kneading or chopping board
melamine veneer (loanword)
printed circuit board
clapper board
cutting board; chopping block
spoiler (automotive or aeronautical)
template / (architecture) formwork
Robam (brand)
pallet
floor / floor (ie. metal plate, concrete slab, wooden planking etc)
surfboard / paddleboard
metal plate
partition board
solar panel
allegro
washboard / (slang) flat-chested (woman)

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