棒	114A45   10B.10-1	部居	畫數  12	ㄅㄤˋ [bang4] .
N	(1)  Stick, staff, policeman's truncheon, baseball bat: 木棒，鐵棒 wooden, iron, staff; 電棒 flashlight; 球棒 ball bat (cricket, baseball). (2)  Blow with a stick: 打他一棒 give him a blow; 迎頭一棒 give a front blow with stick; 棒頭出孝子 spare the rod and spoil the child. (In sense of flogging), cf. 榜 pr. [beng4], 10B.50).
Adj	(Coll.) smart, handsome, good to look at (of acrobatic skill), excellent (of class work, health): 他的身體真棒 he is physically very strong, in tiptop form.
Words	1.棒棒雞 [bang4bang4ji1], n., cold spiced chicken in Szechuan style.  2.棒冰 [bang4bing1], n., ice-cream stick, usu. sherbet stick.  3.棒球 [bang4qiu2], n., baseball.  4.棒瘡 [bang4chuang1], n., wounds, marks from blows.  5.棒槌 [bang4chui0], n., wooden slat for beating clothes in laundery.  6.棒喝 [bang4he4], n., (orig. Budd.) a blow and a shout to waken one from error, esp. 當頭棒喝 direct sharp warning.  7.棒糖 [bang4tang2], n., (usu. 棒棒糖) candy stick; ice cream stick.  8.棒子 [bang4zi0], n., (1)  short heavy baton; (2)  maize; (3)  flour from maize.