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bāng

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bāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bāng | bang1
English translation
to help, to assist; to support, to defend; party; gang

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About bāng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

bāng

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A feudal Fēng flag  Fēng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of bāng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

封帛

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and bāng represents the sound. Simplified form of bāng . The character is based on the original meaning "upper part of a shoe", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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Words with bāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
bāng to help bāng
帮助 bāngzhù aid幫助
帮忙 bāngmáng to help幫忙
四人帮 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青 Jiāng Qīng , Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋, Yao Wenyuan 姚文元 Yáo Wén yuán , Wang Hongwen 王洪文 Wáng Hóng wén , who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution四人幫
黑帮 hēi bāng criminal gang黑幫
帮派 bāng pài gang幫派
帮手 bāng shǒu helper幫手
帮帮忙 bāng bang máng to help幫幫忙
帮会 bāng huì secret society幫會
帮凶 bāng xiōng accomplice幫凶
丐帮 gài bāng beggars' union丐幫
匪帮 fěi bāng gang of bandits匪幫
帮教 bāng jiào to mentor幫教
帮子 bāng zi gang幫子
帮倒忙 bāng dào máng to be more of a hindrance than a help幫倒忙
帮工 bāng gōng casual laborer幫工
帮办 bāng bàn deputy幫辦
马帮 mǎ bāng caravan of horses carrying goods馬幫
腮帮子 sāi bāng zi cheek腮幫子
帮腔 bāng qiāng to chime in幫腔
鞋帮 xié bāng uppers of a shoe鞋幫
传帮带 chuán bāng dài to pass on experience (to the next generation)傳幫帶
相帮 xiāng bāng to aid相幫
帮厨 bāng chú help in the mess kitchen幫廚

bāng Decomposition & Compounds

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