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Change log entry 56939
Processed by: ycandau (2015-04-06 15:05:57 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 54079 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
This may have other senses.
LA doesn't say it's Tw, but K does.

I wonder if it comes from Japanese?
看板 (kanban)
1 〔商店の〕 a signboard; a sign; (店頭上部の) a fa(s)cia; 〔事務所・医院などの〕 a doorplate; a shingle; 〔劇場など興行用の〕 a theater marquee [theatre signboard]; 〔広告用の〕 a billboard; a hoarding.
2 〔代表する人〕 a spokesman [spokeswoman]; the public face 《of a company》; a front (man); 〔(名目だけの)飾りもの〕 a figurehead; a dummy; a person who is just for decoration; 〔人目を引くもの〕 a draw; an attraction; 〔特色〕 a feature; a highlight; 〔外観〕 appearance; look; show.
3 〔閉店すること〕 closing 《a pub》; 〔閉店時刻〕 closing time.

Wp article:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%9C%8B%E6%9D%BF

K includes
board (for publicly displaying information)
and that works in this TP example:
- 在已有七十年歲月、看板上還是人工手寫計分的台中球場邊...
At the nearly 70-year-old baseball park in Taichung, the numbers on the scoreboard are still written by hand,
Diff:
+ 看板 看板 [kan4 ban3] /billboard/
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