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谤

bàng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 謗

What 谤 means

1. to slander
2. to defame
3. to speak ill of

Words containing 谤

• 诽谤fěi bàngto slander; to libel
• 毁谤huǐ bàngslander; libel; to malign; to disparage

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)
• 磅bàngscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 傍bàngnear; approaching; to depend on
• 螃pángused in 螃蟹
• 滂pāngrushing (water)
• 蒡bàngused in 牛蒡

Characters that look like 谤

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

• 谍diéto spy
• 谬miù(bound form) false; erroneous; absurd; mu (Greek letter Μ, μ)
• 谘zīsimplified form of 諮…
• 谚yànproverb
• 谙ānto be versed in; to know well
• 谩mánto deceive

Sounds the same

Read bàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 棒stick; club; cudgel
• 傍near; approaching; to depend on
• 磅scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound…
• 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)