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pán

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pán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pán | pan2
English translation
healthy
at ease
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pàng | pang4
English translation
fat
plump
fat, plump, obese; a fat person

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About pán

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

pán

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of pán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼半

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

bàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and bàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using pán

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看门人 kān mén rén shì 六十 liù shí suì de ǎi pán .

The gateman was a stodgy fellow of

ǎi 矮胖胖,和蔼可亲 hé aǐ kě qīn , liú le 嘴怪模怪 yàng de 牙刷 yá shuā shì 的小胡子 hú zi .

He was short and tubby and amiable with an odd little toothbrush moustache.

拉特 shì 矮矮胖胖身强力壮 shēn qiáng lì zhuàng de rén , 肩膀 jiānbǎng kuò hòu ,胳膊 gēbo 粗大 cū dà .

Slatter was a shortish, broad, powerful man, with heavy shoulders and thick arms.

已经 yǐjīng 45 suì , 中等 zhōng děng 身材 shēncái , ǎi 矮胖 aǐ pàng pán de , 完全 wánquán shì 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ de .

He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.

那个 nà ge ǎi yòu pán de 绅士 shēnshì shì 我们 wǒmen de Xīn 主任 zhǔrèn .

The short and chubby gentleman over there is our new director.

Words with pán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pán fat pán
胖子 pàng zi fatty胖子 pàng zi
肥胖 féi pàng fat肥胖 féi pàng
发胖 fā pàng to get fat發胖
矮胖 aǐ pàng dumpy矮胖 aǐ pàng
胖乎乎 pàng hū hū chubby胖乎乎 pàng hū hū
肥胖症 féi pàng zhèng obesity肥胖症 féi pàng zhèng
胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū plump胖嘟嘟 pàng dū dū
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 feigning more than one's abilities打腫臉充胖子
胖大海 pàng dà hǎi malva nut胖大海 pàng dà hǎi
心宽体胖 xīn kuān tǐ pán big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easy-going心寬體胖
胖头鱼 pàng tóu yú bighead carp胖頭魚
胖墩儿 pàng dūn r a roly-poly胖墩兒
胖墩墩 pàng dūn dūn short and stout胖墩墩 pàng dūn dūn
一口吃个胖子 yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi to be impatient for success一口吃個胖子
心广体胖 xīn guǎng tǐ pán big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easy-going心廣體胖

pán Decomposition & Compounds

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pán Decomposition

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