办法/辦法 bànfǎ — way, method, solution

Meanings

1. 1

   way, method, solution

   A way of dealing with a problem. Chinese *thinks one up* — 想办法 — and reports its absence with 没办法, which on its own means "nothing can be done".

   noun

Example sentences

• 我们一起想个办法吧。/我們一起想個辦法吧。Wǒmen (third tone, dipping) yìqǐ (fourth tone, falling) xiǎng (third tone, dipping) ge (neutral tone) bànfǎ (fourth tone, falling) ba. (neutral tone)···

  Let’s come up with a way to do it together.

• 这个问题没有别的办法了。/這個問題沒有別的辦法了。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) wèntí (fourth tone, falling) méiyǒu (second tone, rising) biéde (second tone, rising) bànfǎ (fourth tone, falling) le. (neutral tone)···

  There’s no other way round this problem.

Common mistakes

• Not quite我做一个办法。

  Correct我想一个办法。

  In Chinese a method is thought up, not made: the fixed collocation is 想办法. 做办法 is not said.

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