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镑

bàng

Character Traditional 鎊

What 镑 means

1. pound (sterling) (loanword)

Example sentences

• 这幅画值10镑。
  The price of the picture is 10 pounds.
• 这件衬衫卖十二英镑。
  Zhè jiàn chènshān mài shí'èr Yīngbàng.
  The blouse costs twelve libras.
• 这张木制的椅子六十英镑。
  Zhè zhāng mùzhì de yǐzi liùshí Yīngbàng.
  This wooden chair costs sixty pounds.
• 我在这匹马上押五英镑的赌注。
  Wǒ zài zhè pǐ mǎ shàng yā wǔ Yīngbàng de dǔzhù.
  I bet five pounds on the horse.
• 因为仅一分钟就要差不多花费4镑。
  Yīnwèi jǐn yī fēnzhōng jiùyào chàbuduō huāfèi 4 bàng.
  Because just one minute costs nearly four pounds.

Words containing 镑

• 英镑Yīng bàngpound sterling

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
• 谤bàngto slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 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 镑

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

• 镜jìngmirror; lens
• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 榜bǎngnotice or announcement; list of names; public roll of successful examinees
• 镀dùto plate (with gold, silver etc); (prefix) -plated
• 镁měimagnesium (chemistry)
• 镂lòuto engrave; to carve; hard steel

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…
• 谤to slander; to defame; to speak ill of
• 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)