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澎

péng

Character

What 澎 means

1. used in {澎湃|péng pài}
2. Taiwan pr. pēng

Words starting with 澎

• 澎湃péng pài(of the sea etc) surging; tempestuous; (fig.) highly emotional; fervent
• 澎湖Péng húPenghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
• 澎湖岛Péng hú DǎoPescadores Islands, Penghu county, Taiwan
• 澎湖县Péng hú xiànPenghu county (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan
• 澎湖列岛Péng hú Liè dǎoPescadores Islands, Taiwan
• 澎湖群岛Péng hú Qún dǎoPenghu or Pescadores, archipelago of 90 islands to west of Taiwan

Words containing 澎

• 心潮澎湃xīn cháo péng pàito be overwhelmed by emotions

Characters built on 彭

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

• 膨péngswollen
• 嘭pēng(onomatopoeia) bang
• 甏bènga squat jar for holding wine, sauces etc
• 蟛péngused in 蟛蜞

Characters that look like 澎

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

• 邀yāoto invite; to request; to intercept
• 滴dīto drip; to let drip; to apply (eye drops etc); (bound form) a drop (of liquid)
• 熊xióngbear; (colloquial) to scold; to rebuke; (colloquial) weak; incapable
• 濒bīnto approach; to border on; near
• 邂xièused in 邂逅
• 圜huáncircle; encircle

Sounds the same

Read péng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朋friend
• 蓬fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 膨swollen
• 篷sail
• 鹏Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 棚shed; canopy; shack
• 硼boron (chemistry)
• 芃luxuriant growth
• 堋target in archery
• 弸strong bow; bowstring; to fill; full
• 淜roar of dashing waves
• 痭menorrhagia