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 | yī shān bàng shuǐ | mountains on one side and water on the other |
| 依傍 | yī bàng | to rely on |
| 傍人门户 | bàng rén mén hù | to be dependent upon sb |
| 傍户而立 | bàng hù ér lì | to stand close to the door |
| 傍家儿 | bàng jiā r | lover |
| 傍大款 | bàng dà kuǎn | to live off a rich man |
| 傍柳随花 | bàng liǔ suí huā | prostitute |
| 傍边 | bàng biān | near |
| 傍近 | bàng jìn | to be close to |
| 傍人篱壁 | bàng rén lí bì | to depend on others |
| 胡诌乱傍 | hú zhōu luàn bàng | to talk random nonsense (idiom) |
| 傍黑 | bàng hēi | dusk |
| 傍亮 | bàng liàng | dawn |
| 傍午 | bàng wǔ | towards noon |
| 偎傍 | wēi bàng | to snuggle up to |
傍 appears in 16 compound words: 75 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 6 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.
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 . . .
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
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
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.
每个傍晚我都会喂我的狗狗们。
Měi gè bàngwǎn wǒ dōu huì wèi wǒ de gǒu gǒu men.
I've always fed my dogs in the early evening.
我们曾经总在星期六傍晚去看电影。
Wǒmen céngjīng zǒng zài Xīngqīliù bàngwǎn qù kàn diànyǐng.
We used to go to the movies on Saturday evening.
Character Family
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