邦 (bāng): (bound form) country, nation, state
邦 (bāng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) country.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 丰 (structural) and 阝 (structural). It ranks #1355 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 邦 a bountiful 丰 place 阝. Its radical form 阝 (mound) appears in many related characters such as 那 (nà, (specifier) that), 都 (dōu, all), 院 (yuàn, courtyard).
Definitions
- (bound form) country
- nation
- state
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA bountiful 丰 place 阝
Decomposition: ⿰丰阝 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 联邦noun | lián bāng | federal |
| 邦德 | bāng dé | Bond (name) |
| 乌托邦noun | wū tuō bāng | (loanword) utopia |
| 肖邦proper-noun | xiāo bāng | Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer |
| 邦迪proper-noun | bāng dí | Bondi (name) |
| 杜邦 | dù bāng | DuPont (company) |
| 邦联noun | bāng lián | confederation |
| 硬邦邦adjective | yìng bāng bāng | very hard |
| 邻邦noun | lín bāng | neighboring country |
| 萧邦proper-noun | xiāo bāng | (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer |
| 北方邦proper-noun | běi fāng bāng | Uttar Pradesh (state in India) |
| 澳大利亚联邦proper-noun | ào dà lì yà lián bāng | Commonwealth of Australia |
| 友邦noun | yǒu bāng | friendly state |
| 喀拉拉邦 | kā lā lā bāng | Kerala (state in India) |
| 拉贾斯坦邦 | lā jiǎ sī tǎn bāng | Rajasthan (state in India) |
邦 appears in 72 compound words: 10 as the first character, 60 as the last, and 31 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 邦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
the numerous disasters may bring the people of a country together to revive the country
the numerous disasters may bring the people of a country together to revive the country
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了邦字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le bāng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "邦" in the dictionary.
富邦金控连续10年入选标普全球永续年鉴 20...
fù bāng jīn kòng lián xù 1 0 nián rù xuǎn biāo pǔ quán qiú yǒng xù nián jiàn 2 0 . . .
Fubon Financial Holdings has been selected for the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook for 10 consecutive years 20...
华邦电抱紧!投信一出手就连2日霸榜 3天涨1...
huá bāng diàn bào jǐn ! tóu xìn yī chū shǒu jiù lián 2 rì bà bǎng 3 tiān zhǎng 1 . . .
Winbond holds tight! As soon as the investment trust made a move, it dominated the list for 2 consecutive days and rose by 1 in 3 days...
中职/啦啦队战火再升级!朴星垠传加盟富邦携李珠珢
zhōng zhí lā lā duì zhàn huǒ zài shēng jí ! pǔ xīng 垠 chuán jiā méng fù bāng xié lǐ zhū 珢
The war between secondary vocational schools/cheerleaders has escalated again! Park Xingyin is rumored to join Fubon with Li Zhujun
联邦快递起诉美国政府 要求全额退还川普紧急关...
lián bāng kuài dì qǐ sù měi guó zhèng fǔ yāo qiú quán é tuì hái chuān pǔ jǐn jí guān . . .
FedEx sues the U.S. government for a full refund of Trump's emergency detention...
握着我的手。我们两个将要建立一个乌托邦。
Wò zhe wǒ de shǒu. wǒmen liǎng gè jiāngyào jiànlì yī gè wūtuōbāng.
Take my hand. The two of us are going to construct a utopia.
德意志联邦共和国建立于1949年。
Déyìzhì Liánbāng Gònghéguó jiànlì yú 1949 nián.
The Federal Republic of Germany was established in 1949.
给我弹一曲肖邦。
Gěi wǒ tán yī qǔ Xiāobāng.
Play Chopin for me.
这是本反乌托邦作品。
Zhè shì běn fǎn wūtuōbāng zuòpǐn.
It's a dystopia.
Character Family
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