傍 (bàng): near, approaching, to depend on
傍 (bàng) is a Chinese character meaning “near.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (structural) and 旁 (structural). It ranks #2457 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 傍 someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- near
- approaching
- to depend on
Etymology & Origin
ideographicSomeone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation
Decomposition: ⿰亻旁 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 傍
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 依山傍水phrase | yī shān bàng shuǐ | mountains on one side and water on the other |
| 依傍verb | yī bàng | to rely on |
| 傍人门户phrase | bàng rén mén hù | to be dependent upon sb |
| 傍家儿 | bàng jiā r | lover |
| 傍大款verb | bàng dà kuǎn | to live off a rich man |
| 傍柳随花 | bàng liǔ suí huā | prostitute |
| 傍边verb | bàng biān | near |
| 傍近 | bàng jìn | to be close to |
| 傍人篱壁 | bàng rén lí bì | to depend on others |
| 傍黑noun | bàng hēi | dusk |
| 傍亮noun | bàng liàng | dawn |
| 傍午noun | bàng wǔ | towards noon |
| 偎傍 | wēi bàng | to snuggle up to |
傍 appears in 14 compound words: 79 as the first character, 14 as the last, and 7 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 傍 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
作为傍民,我们有责任保护环境。
zuò wéi bàng mín , wǒ men yǒu zé rèn bǎo hù huán jìng .
As citizens, we have a responsibility to protect the environment.
傍晚时分,不少游客到石臼湖看日落。
bàng wǎn shí fēn , bù shǎo yóu kè dào shí 臼 hú kàn rì luò .
In the evening, many tourists visit Shijiu Lake to watch the sunset.
但倘若只是强行拼凑,纵有七十二变的神通傍身,重复的救场桥段仍难免让观众产生审美疲劳。
dàn tǎng ruò zhī shì qiáng háng pīn còu , zòng yǒu qī shí èr biàn de shén tōng bàng shēn , chóng fù de jiù chǎng qiáo duàn réng nán miǎn ràng guàn zhòng chǎn shēng shěn měi pí láo .
But if the story is merely cobbled together, even with the magical ability to transform in seventy-two ways, the repetitive plot devices used to save the day will inevitably lead to viewer fatigue.
国5傍晚塞爆!北返车辆涌现“时速仅10公里” ...
guó 5 bàng wǎn sāi bào ! běi fǎn chē liàng chōng xiàn shí sù jǐn 1 0 gōng lǐ . . .
National Highway 5 is gridlocked in the evening! Traffic heading north is moving at "just 10 km/h" ...
雷雨带进逼南部陆地!锋面主体傍晚才抵达 粉专:将达降雨高峰期
léi yǔ dài jìn bī nán bù lù dì ! fēng miàn zhǔ tǐ bàng wǎn cái dǐ dá fěn zhuān : jiāng dá jiàng yǔ gāo fēng qī
Thunderstorm band approaching the southern mainland! Main body of the front won’t arrive until evening; Facebook page: Rainfall will peak
早前缅甸被禁锢获救港人 昨日傍晚由泰国返港
zǎo qián miǎn diàn bèi jīn 锢 huò jiù gǎng rén zuó rì bàng wǎn yóu tài guó fǎn gǎng
The Hong Kong resident who had been detained in Myanmar and subsequently rescued returned to Hong Kong from Thailand yesterday evening
这艘船会在傍晚出发去英国。
Zhè sōu chuán huì zài bàngwǎn chūfā qù Yīngguó.
The boat is to leave for England this evening.
傍晚我喜欢沿着湖边散步。
Bàngwǎn wǒ xǐhuan yánzhe húbiān sànbù.
At nightfall I like following the tradition of taking a walk along the lakeside.
汤姆死在了他和玛丽结婚的那天傍晚。
Tāngmǔ sǐ zài le tā hé Mǎlì jiéhūn de nàtiān bàngwǎn.
Tom died in the evening of the day he and Mary got married.
傍晚时分,天空泛着紫色的光。
Bàngwǎn shífēn, tiānkōng fàn zhe zǐsè de guāng.
The sky illumined in purple in the evening.
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