yún
bǎn

technical
archaic

Meaning of 云板

云板 means a traditional percussion instrument made of long iron sheets with cloud-shaped ends, used in old times by government offices and wealthy families to announce time or matters. Pronounced yún bǎn.

  • a traditional percussion instrument made of long iron sheets with cloud-shaped ends, used in old times by government offices and wealthy families to announce time or matters

Definitions & Examples

dài
guān
shǔ
yòng
yún
bǎn
lái
bào
shí
 

Ancient government offices used the yunban to announce the time.

Yún
bǎn
shēng
xiǎng
 
biǎo
shì
ren
yào
shēng
táng
le
 

The sound of the yunban rang out, indicating the official was about to hold court.

Zhè
zhǒng
tiě
zhì
de
yún
bǎn
shì
zhǒng
yuè
 

This iron yunban is a type of percussion instrument.

Yún
bǎn
shì
yún
bǎn
de
lìng
zhǒng
xiě
 

Yunban is another way of writing yunban.

Relations

Measure Words

/ miàn
Primary
/ kuài
/