bàn

to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)

to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])

divide (八) + effort (力) = get things handled

力 drives the meaning: applying force or effort to accomplish a task. 八 is phonetic here, lending the bàn sound rather than the idea of division.

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Words with 办

买办

mǎi bàn

comprador

遵办

zūn bàn

to handle in accordance with (the rules)

酌情办理

zhuó qíng bàn lǐ

to act after full consideration of the actual situation

酌办

zhuó bàn

to do as one thinks fit

重办

zhòng bàn

to punish severely

开办

kāi bàn

to open

阻差办公

zǔ chāi bàn gōng

(law) obstructing government administration (Hong Kong)

一手包办

yī shǒu bāo bàn

to take care of a matter all by oneself

中共中央办公厅

zhōng gòng zhōng yāng bàn gōng tīng

General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP, which handles administrative, logistical and technical affairs for the Central Committee (abbr. to 中辦|中办[Zhong1 ban4])

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室

zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

中联办

zhōng lián bàn

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (abbr. for 中央人民政府駐香港特別行政區聯絡辦公室|中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室[Zhong1 yang1 Ren2 min2 Zheng4 fu3 Zhu4 Xiang1 gang3 Te4 bie2 Xing2 zheng4 qu1 Lian2 luo4 Ban4 gong1 shi4]) or the equivalent office in Macao

中办

zhōng bàn

General Office of the Central Committee of the CCP (abbr. for 中共中央辦公廳|中共中央办公厅[Zhong1 gong4 Zhong1 yang1 Ban4 gong1 ting1])

More characters with 力