胖
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fat; plump
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Dict coverage rank #2,072 U+80D6
How 胖 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 半 (phonetic, bàn)
How to remember it
fat · Heisig RSH #982
flesh + 半 half
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 半
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 半 (bàn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半 sound component | bàn | half; semi-, incomplete |
| 判 | pàn | to judge; to discriminate; to conclude |
| 伴 | bàn | companion, comrade, partner; to accompany |
| 叛 | pàn | rebel; rebellion; rebellious |
| 拌 | bàn | to mix |
| 绊 | bàn | a loop of thread; shackles, fetters; to stumble, to trip |
| 衅 | xìn | to quarrel, to dispute; a blood sacrifice |
| 泮 | pàn | Zhou dynasty school; to disperse, to fall apart |
| 袢 | pàn | robe |
Words containing 胖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一口吃不成胖子 | yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi | lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. any significant achievement… |
| 一口吃个胖子 | yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi | lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); fig. to try to achieve one's goa… |
| 心广体胖 | xīn guǎng tǐ pán | big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easygoing |
| 胖大海 | pàng dà hǎi | malva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora |
| 胖头鱼 | pàng tóu yú | see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2] |
| 心宽体胖 | xīn kuān tǐ pán | big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing |
| 打肿脸充胖子 | dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi | lit. to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by… |
| 病态肥胖 | bìng tài féi pàng | morbidly obese (medicine) |
| 胖子 | pàng zi | fat person; fatty |
| 胖人 | pàng rén | overweight person; fatty |
| 发胖 | fā pàng | to put on weight; to get fat |
| 长胖 | zhǎng pàng | to get fat; to gain weight |
| 肥胖症 | féi pàng zhèng | obesity |
| 微胖 | wēi pàng | slightly chubby; stoutish |
| 小胖爪 | xiǎo pàng zhuǎ | (coll.) hand |
| 胖次 | pàng cì | (Internet slang) panties (loanword) |
| 暴胖 | bào pàng | to gain weight dramatically |
| 高矮胖瘦 | gāo ǎi pàng shòu | one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature |
| 说你胖你就喘 | shuō nǐ pàng nǐ jiù chuǎn | lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom); fi… |
| 肥胖 | féi pàng | fat; obese |