bàn

to disguise oneself as

to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression)

hand (扌) + 分 = dress up and play a role

The hand radical drives the meaning: dressing up and playing a role is something you do with your hands — arranging costume, applying makeup, adjusting a mask. 分 mainly contributes the sound bàn.

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她在学校的话剧里一个老人。

tā zài xué xiào de huà jù lǐ bàn yī gè lǎo rén。

She plays an old person in the school play.

他把自己成医生,混进了那栋楼。

tā bǎ zì jǐ bàn chéng yī shēng,hùn jìn le nà dòng lóu。

He disguised himself as a doctor and slipped into that building.

Words with 扮

假扮

jiǎ bàn

to impersonate

乔装打扮

qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn

to dress up in disguise (idiom); to pretend for the purpose of deceit

女扮男装

nǚ bàn nán zhuāng

(of a woman) to dress as a man (idiom)

妆扮

zhuāng bàn

variant of 裝扮|装扮[zhuang1 ban4]

打扮

dǎ ban

to decorate

扮家家酒

bàn jiā jiā jiǔ

to play house (Tw)

扮演

bàn yǎn

to play the role of

扮相

bàn xiàng

stage costume

扮装

bàn zhuāng

to dress up and make up (like an actor)

扮装皇后

bàn zhuāng huáng hòu

drag queen; female impersonator

扮猪吃老虎

bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ

to play the wolf in sheep's clothing; to disguise oneself as sth harmless in order to lull one's target into letting their guard down

扮酷

bàn kù

to act cool

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