庞 (páng): (bound form) huge, (bound form) numerous and disordered, (bound form) face

庞 (páng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) huge.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 龙 (structural). It ranks #1832 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 庞 a dragon 龙 inside a house 广. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. (bound form) huge
  2. (bound form) numerous and disordered
  3. (bound form) face

Etymology & Origin

庞

ideographicA dragon 龙 inside a house 广

Decomposition: ⿸广龙 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 庞

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
庞大adjectivepáng dàhuge6

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
庞德páng déPound (name)...
脸庞nounliǎn pángface
庞贝proper-nounpáng bèiPompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy
庞然大物phrasepáng rán dà wù(idiom) huge object
面庞nounmiàn pángface
庞克nounpáng kè(Tw) (loanword) punk (music or subculture)
庞杂adjectivepáng zácomplex
庞培páng péiPompeium, Roman town in Bay of Naples destroyed by eruption of Vesuvius in 79
庞加莱proper-nounpáng jiā láiHenri Poincaré (1854-1912), French mathematician, physicist and philosopher
庞德街páng dé jiēBond Street (London, England)
詹姆斯·庞德zhān mǔ sī · páng déJames Bond
庞氏骗局nounpáng shì piàn júPonzi scheme
勒庞proper-nounlè pángJean-Marie Le Pen (1928-), French Front National extreme right-wing politician
都庞岭dū páng lǐngDupang mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
庞氏páng shìPonzi (name)
18
Total compounds
72
As first character
17
As last character
11
As middle character

庞 appears in 18 compound words: 72 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 11 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 庞 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

尽jǐn
0.47910 co-occurrences
讹é
0.46376 co-occurrences
培péi
0.437860 co-occurrences
脸liǎn
0.435164 co-occurrences
论lùn
0.40910 co-occurrences
大dà
0.4078,214 co-occurrences
迪dí
0.4061,034 co-occurrences
勋xūn
0.395228 co-occurrences
彬bīn
0.389160 co-occurrences
翁wēng
0.381234 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (1)

庞然大物pángrándàwùHSK 6+

a huge object; colossus

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

庞字在日常生活中使用频率较低。

páng zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ jiào dī .

The character "庞" is not commonly used in everyday life.

少数派Aug 2026

问题在于,在知识网络的构建之初,记忆很难直接支撑起这个庞大网络的结构。

wèn tí zài yú , zài zhī shí wǎng lào de gòu jiàn zhī chū , jì yì hěn nán zhí jiē zhī chēng qǐ zhè gè páng dà wǎng lào de jié gòu .

The problem is that, in the early stages of building a knowledge network, memory alone is hardly sufficient to support the structure of this vast network.

爱范儿Aug 2026

但在 AI 时代,肌肉练得再大,如果原料和养料供不上,庞大的身躯也只能原地干等。

dàn zài A I shí dài , jī ròu liàn dé zài dà , rú guǒ yuán liào hé yǎng liào gōng bù shàng , páng dà de shēn qū yě zhī néng yuán dì gān děng .

But in the age of AI, no matter how big your muscles get, if you don’t have enough raw materials and nutrients to fuel them, that massive physique will just be stuck waiting in place.

爱范儿Aug 2026

与展车一同消失在公众视野里的,还有追觅庞大的造车团队。

yǔ zhǎn chē yī tóng xiāo shī zài gōng zhòng shì yě lǐ de , hái yǒu zhuī mì páng dà de zào chē tuán duì .

Along with the concept car, ZuiMi’s large automotive development team also disappeared from the public eye.

StheadlineMar 2026

港铁“运货党”奇招出击 论论尽尽推庞大家电等升降机 网民轰做法危险害人害己|...

gǎng tiě yùn huò dǎng qí zhāo chū jī lùn lùn jǐn jǐn tuī páng dà jiā diàn děng shēng jiàng jī wǎng mín hōng zuò fǎ wēi xiǎn hài rén hài jǐ . . .

MTR's "freight party" attacked with a strange move, and the discussion pushed the elevators such as Pang Da Da appliances, and netizens bombarded the practice of dangerous harm to others and themselves|...

Investing 香港Feb 2026

庞巴迪看好印度市场增长,机场扩建带来新机遇

páng bā dí kàn hǎo yìn dù shì chǎng zēng cháng , jī chǎng kuò jiàn dài lái xīn jī yù

Bombardier is optimistic about the growth of the Indian market, and the expansion of the airport brings new opportunities

Tatoeba

他继承了他爸爸的庞大遗产。

Tā jìchéng le tā bàba de pángdà yíchǎn.

He succeeded to his father's large property.

Tatoeba

他死前累积了庞大的财富。

Tā sǐ qián lěijī le pángdà de cáifù.

He amassed a large fortune before he died.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced páng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 庞 (páng) mean in Chinese?
庞 (páng) primarily means "(bound form) huge." It is classified as HSK Level 6, making it an advanced character. It ranks #1832 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 庞 have?
庞 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 庞?
The radical associated with 庞 is 广 (shelter). This radical appears in many characters related to shelter.
What are the components of 庞?
庞 is composed of: 广 (structural), 龙 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿸广龙 with a surround-from-upper-left layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 庞?
Common words with 庞 include: 庞大 (páng dà, "huge"); 庞德 (páng dé, "Pound (name)..."); 脸庞 (liǎn páng, "face"); 庞贝 (páng bèi, "Pompeii, ancient Roman town near Naples, Italy"); 庞然大物 (páng rán dà wù, "(idiom) huge object"). There are over 18 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 庞 (páng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation páng: 旁 (one side), 胖 (fat), 乓 ((onom.) bang). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 庞 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 庞 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.