bǎn

a register

block of printing; edition; version; page

flat piece (片) + reverse (反) = printing edition

片 grounds the meaning in a physical flat surface — the wooden block a printer carves. 反 mainly lends the sound bǎn, though the image of flipping a block to stamp a page is a pleasing accident.

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To turn overPhonetic
A flat pieceSemantic

这本书出了新,内容更丰富了。

zhè běn shū chū le xīn bǎn,nèi róng gèng fēng fù le。

This book has come out in a new edition, and the content is richer now.

软件的最新修复了很多问题。

ruǎn jiàn de zuì xīn bǎn xiū fù le hěn duō wèn tí。

The latest version of the software has fixed many problems.

Words with 版

重版

chóng bǎn

to republish

铜版

tóng bǎn

(printing) copperplate

钻版

zuān bǎn

to cut a woodblock (e.g. for printing)

头版

tóu bǎn

(newspaper's) front page

雕版

diāo bǎn

a carved printing block

电子版

diàn zǐ bǎn

electronic edition

丐版

gài bǎn

(slang) basic version (of a product)

中国大百科全书出版社

zhōng guó dà bǎi kē quán shū chū bǎn shè

Encyclopedia of China Publishing House

修订版

xiū dìng bǎn

revised edition

出版

chū bǎn

to publish

出版商

chū bǎn shāng

publisher

出版物

chū bǎn wù

publications

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