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bàng

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bàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bàng | bang4
English translation
see 磅秤 bàng chèng scale
platform balance
(loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
pound; to weigh

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About bàng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

bàng

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of bàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石旁

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

páng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and páng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using bàng

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qǐng gěi bàng 咖啡 kāfēi hǎo ?

Would you please grind a pound of coffee for me?

àng shì 十六分之一 zhī yī bàng .

An ounce is one sixteenth of a pound.

如果 rúguǒ diào le 头尾下脚, ròu yǒu Sān 分之二 de 重量 zhòngliàng , zhào 三角 sān jiǎo Qián bàng 计算 jìsuàn ,该是 多少 duōshǎo ?

If he dresses out twothirds of that at thirty cents a pound?

摔角 shuāi jiǎo shǒu zài 角斗 jué dòu qián chèn le 体重 tǐ zhòng , shì 一百六十 bàng .

The wrestler ( was ) weighed in at 160 pounds.

昨天 zuótiān 妈妈 māma zài 超市 chāoshì gěi mǎi le bàng tián bǐng gān .

Yesterday Mom bought me a pound of cookie in the supermarket.

Words with bàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bàng see 磅秤 bàng chèng scale bàng
磅礴 páng bó majestic磅礡
过磅 guò bàng to weigh (on a scale)過磅
磅秤 bàng chèng scale磅秤 bàng chèng
重磅 zhòng bàng heavyweight重磅 zhòng bàng

bàng Decomposition & Compounds

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bàng Decomposition

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