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傍

bàng

HSK 5 Character

What 傍 means

1. near
2. approaching
3. to depend on
4. slangto have an intimate relationship with sb
5. Taiwan pr. páng, bāng, bàng

Example sentences

• 他在傍晚写诗。
  He writes poems in the early-evening hours.
• 今天傍晚做些事！
  Let's do something later this evening!
• 傍晚我喜欢沿着湖边散步。
  Bàngwǎn wǒ xǐhuan yánzhe húbiān sànbù.
  At nightfall I like following the tradition of taking a walk along the lakeside.
• 这艘船会在傍晚出发去英国。
  The boat is to leave for England this evening.
• 每个傍晚我都会喂我的狗狗们。
  Měi gè bàngwǎn wǒ dōu huì wèi wǒ de gǒu gǒu men.
  I've always fed my dogs in the early evening.
• 傍晚时分，天空泛着紫色的光。
  The sky illumined in purple in the evening.

Words starting with 傍

• 傍晚bàng wǎnin the evening; when night falls; towards evening
• 傍亮bàng liàngdawn; daybreak
• 傍午bàng wǔtowards noon; just before midday
• 傍近bàng jìnto be close to
• 傍边bàng biānnear; beside
• 傍黑bàng hēidusk
• 傍大款bàng dà kuǎnto live off a rich man
• 傍家儿bàng jiā rlover; partner
• 傍人门户bàng rén mén hùto be dependent upon sb
• 傍柳随花bàng liǔ suí huāprostitute
• 傍人篱壁bàng rén lí bìto depend on others

Words containing 傍

• 依山傍水yī shān bàng shuǐmountains on one side and water on the other
• 依傍yī bàngto rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model)
• 偎傍wēi bàngto snuggle up to

Characters built on 旁

These share the phonetic component 旁 (páng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 镑bàngpound (sterling) (loanword)
• 谤bàngto slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 磅bàngscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 螃pángused in 螃蟹
• 滂pāngrushing (water)
• 蒡bàngused in 牛蒡

Characters that look like 傍

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 情qíng(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 接jiēto receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome sb
• 催cuīto urge; to press; to prompt
• 缠chánto wind around; to wrap round; to coil
• 摒bìngto discard; to get rid of
• 婧jìng(literary) (of a woman) slender; delicate; (literary) (of a woman) talented

Sounds the same

Read bàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 棒stick; club; cudgel
• 磅scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 谤to slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 镑pound (sterling) (loanword)
• 蚌mussel; clam
• 膀used in 吊膀子
• 榜(literary) oar; (metonym) boat; variant of 搒
• 蒡used in 牛蒡
• 塝the edge; border of a field
• 玤(gem)
• 艕two boats fastened side by side
• 搒(literary) to row (a boat)