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

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

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”).
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