to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
Character structure
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HSK
7-9
Related HSK words
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HSK vocabulary
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01 · MEANING
叫板
叫板 (jiàobǎn) is an HSK 7-9 Chinese word. Its most common English meaning is to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song); depending on context, it can also mean (coll.) to challenge. Read the examples below to choose the meaning that fits the sentence.
01to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)