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胖

pàng

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 character level 3 Character

胖 (pàng) means "fat; plump". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 胖 means

1. fat
2. plump

Other readings

胖 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• pánhealthy; at ease

Example sentences

• 我肥胖。
  Wǒ féipàng.
  I'm fat.
• 他胖乎乎。
  Tā pànghūhū.
  He is chubby.
• 我好胖哦。
  I'm so fat.
• 我非常胖。
  I'm very fat.
• 汤姆胖了。
  Tom has gained weight.
• 你有点胖。
  You are a bit fat.

Words starting with 胖

• 胖子pàng zifat person; fatty
• 胖乎乎pàng hū hūchubby
• 胖人pàng rénoverweight person; fatty
• 胖次pàng cì(net slang) panties (loanword)
• 胖大海pàng dà hǎimalva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora
• 胖揍pàng zòu(colloquial) to give sb a good beating
• 胖嘟嘟pàng dū dūplump; pudgy; chubby
• 胖墩儿pàng dūn r(colloquial) short, fat person (esp. a kid); a roly-poly
• 胖墩墩pàng dūn dūnshort and stout; heavy-set
• 胖头鱼pàng tóu yúsee 鳙鱼

Words containing 胖

• 肥胖féi pàngfat; obese
• 发胖fā pàngto put on weight; to get fat
• 矮胖ǎi pàngshort and stout; dumpy; roly-poly
• 微胖wēi pàngslightly chubby; stoutish
• 暴胖bào pàngto gain weight dramatically
• 长胖zhǎng pàngto get fat; to gain weight
• 肥胖症féi pàng zhèngobesity
• 心宽体胖xīn kuān tǐ pánbig-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing
• 心广体胖xīn guǎng tǐ pánbig-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easygoing
• 病态肥胖bìng tài féi pàngmorbidly obese (medicine)
• 打肿脸充胖子dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zilit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom)…
• 说你胖你就喘shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎnlit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom)…
• 高矮胖瘦gāo ǎi pàng shòuone's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature
• 小胖爪xiǎo pàng zhuǎ(colloquial) hand
• 一口吃个胖子yī kǒu chī ge pàng zilit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)…
• 一口吃不成胖子yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zilit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)…

Characters built on 月

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

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 脏zāngdirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 肠chángintestines
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 肪fánganimal fat
• 肛gāngused in 脱肛

Characters that look like 胖

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

• 样yàngmanner; pattern; way
• 肺fèilung
• 拌bànto mix; to mix in; to toss (a salad)
• 绊bànto trip; to stumble; to hinder
• 桦huà(botany) birch (genus Betula)
• 抨pēngattack; impeach

Where 胖 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Physical Description (HSK 3), HSK 3 Characters · Set 35 (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read pàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.