傍
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near; approaching; to depend on; (slang) to have an intimate relationship with sb; Taiwan pr. [pang2], [bang1], [bang4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 6
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 人 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 傍
- Common rank
- #2,780
- Unicode
- U+508D
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Formation & memory
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How 傍 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
close to · Heisig RSH #2093
人 person + Magellan
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 傍
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 傍人门户 | to be dependent upon sb | |
| 傍家儿 | lover; partner | |
| 依山傍水 | mountains on one side and water on the other | |
| 傍柳随花 | prostitute | |
| 傍大款 | to live off a rich man | |
| 傍黑 | dusk | |
| 傍边 | near; beside | |
| 傍人篱壁 | to depend on others | |
| 傍近 | to be close to | |
| 傍亮 | dawn; daybreak | |
| 依傍 | to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model) | |
| 傍晚 | in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk | |
| 傍午 | towards noon; just before midday | |
| 偎傍 | to snuggle up to |