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古板 (gǔ bǎn): Old-fashioned (adjective) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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古板 consists of 2 characters.

古 • gǔ • ancient, old, archaic • HSK 3.0 · L5

HSK 3.0 · L5

gǔ古

ancient, old, archaic

板 • bǎn • plank, board, slab

bǎn板

plank, board, slab

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Pinyingǔ bǎn

Meaningold-fashioned; rigid in thinking

Characters2

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Syntaxadjective

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Example Sentences with 古板

Tā他

de的

xiǎng想

fǎ法

tài太

gǔ古

bǎn板

le了

。

His ideas are too old-fashioned.

Zhè这

wèi位

lǎo老

shī师

hěn很

gǔ古

bǎn板

，

cóng从

bù

Bié别

nà那

me么

gǔ古

bǎn板

，

ǒu偶

ěr尔

cháng尝

shì

不

jiē接

shòu受

xīn新

fāng方

fǎ法

。

This teacher is very rigid and never accepts new methods.

试

xīn新

xiān鲜

shì事

wù物

yě也

bù不

cuò错

。

Don't be so old-fashioned; trying new things once in a while is also good.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 古板.

Words with 古

古代gǔ dàiancient; archaic; antiquity
古典gǔ diǎnclassical
古老gǔ lǎoancient
名胜古迹míng shèng gǔ jìplaces of historic interest and scenic beauty
古人gǔ rénpeople of ancient times
古怪gǔ guàieccentric; odd; quaint
古董gǔ dǒngantique; curio
古迹gǔ jìplaces of historic interest

Words with 板

黑板hēi bǎnblackboard
老板lǎo bǎnboss; proprietor; shopkeeper
叫板jiào bǎnChallenge / defy
地板dì bǎnFloor
拍板

pāi bǎn

Bang the gavel / Reach an agreement

板块bǎn kuàiPlate / sector

天花板tiān huā bǎnceiling

呆板dāi bǎnstiff, rigid