磅 (bàng): scale (instrument for weighing), to weigh, (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
磅 (bàng) is a Chinese character meaning “scale (instrument for weighing).” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 石 (semantic) and 旁 (phonetic). It ranks #2715 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 磅 stone. Its radical form 石 (stone) appears in many related characters such as 确 (què, certain, true), 碗 (wǎn, bowl), 碰 (pèng, to touch, to bump).
Definitions
- scale (instrument for weighing)
- to weigh
- (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重磅 | zhòng bàng | (of a bomb) powerful |
| 磅礴 | páng bó | majestic |
| 磅秤 | bàng chèng | scale |
| 重磅炸弹 | zhòng bàng zhà dàn | (fig.) sth that produces shockwaves |
| 过磅 | guò bàng | to weigh (on a scale) |
| 台磅 | tái bàng | platform balance |
| 磅蛋糕 | bàng dàn gāo | pound cake |
| 磅刷 | bàng shuā | largest-size housepainter's brush |
磅 appears in 8 compound words: 50 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 13 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 磅 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
磅字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
bàng zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The word "pound" has different usages in different contexts.
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壶口瀑布冰凌消融气势磅礴
hú kǒu bào bù bīng líng xiāo róng qì shì bàng 礴
The ice melting of Hukou Waterfall is majestic
美金对埃磅多少啊?
Měijīn duì āi bàng duōshao ā?
How many US dollars are in an Egyptian pound?
我们买了一磅的茶。
Wǒmen mǎi le yī bàng de chá.
We bought a pound of tea.
鱼在这里是以磅为单位来出售。
Yú zài zhèlǐ shì yǐ bàng wèi dānwèi lái chūshòu.
Fish is sold by the pound here.
她买了两磅的奶油。
Tā mǎi le liǎng bàng de nǎiyóu.
She bought two pounds of butter.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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