棒

bàng

stick

club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race

wood (木) + sound (奉) = a wooden stick, strong and wonderful

木 grounds the meaning: a wooden stick or club, something sturdy enough to be strong or impressive. 奉 mainly lends the sound bàng; the wooden core is what shapes the sense.

木+奉→棒
奉To offerPhonetic
木WoodSemantic

他的厨艺真的很棒。

tā de chú yì zhēn de hěn bàng。

His cooking skills are really wonderful.

她身体很棒,每天都去跑步。

tā shēn tǐ hěn bàng,měi tiān dōu qù pǎo bù。

She is very strong physically and goes running every day.

Words with 棒

大棒

dà bàng

big stick (policy etc)

棒极了

bàng jí le

super

棒棒糖

bàng bàng táng

lollipop

金属棒

jīn shǔ bàng

metal rod

金箍棒

jīn gū bàng

golden cudgel, weapon wielded by Sun Wukong in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]

镁棒

měi bàng

ferrocerium rod

铁棒

tiě bàng

iron club

电击棒

diàn jī bàng

stun baton

电棒

diàn bàng

(coll.) flashlight

电视棒

diàn shì bàng

TV streaming stick

震动棒

zhèn dòng bàng

vibrator (sex toy)

韩棒子

hán bàng zi

Korean (derog.)

More characters with 木

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