彭 (péng): surname Peng
彭 (péng) is a Chinese character meaning “surname peng.” Outside the HSK 3.0 syllabus (CLEC 2022), it is composed of 壴 (structural) and 彡 (structural). It ranks #2987 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 彭 the sound 彡 of drums 壴. Its radical form 彡 (bristle) appears in many related characters such as 影 (yǐng, picture), 彩 (cǎi, (bright) color), 形 (xíng, to appear).
Definitions
- surname Peng
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe sound 彡 of drums 壴
Decomposition: ⿰壴彡 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 彭斯proper-noun | péng sī | Mike Pence (1959-), US Republican politician, US vice president from 2017 |
| 彭水苗族土家族自治县proper-noun | péng shuǐ miáo zú tǔ jiā zú zì zhì xiàn | Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County in southeastern Chongqing 重慶|重庆 |
| 彭博新闻社 | péng bó xīn wén shè | Bloomberg News |
| 彭山区 | péng shān qū | Pengshan, a district of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan |
| 彭博通讯社 | péng bó tōng xùn shè | Bloomberg L.P., financial software services, news and data company |
| 彭定康 | péng dìng kāng | Chris Patten (1944-), last British Governor of Hong Kong 1992-1997 |
| 彭德怀 | péng dé huái | Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacki... |
| 彭州市 | péng zhōu shì | Pengzhou, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市, Sichuan |
| 彭真 | péng zhēn | Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader |
| 加彭proper-noun | jiā péng | Gabon (Tw) |
| 彭博社 | péng bó shè | Bloomberg News |
| 彭水县 | péng shuǐ xiàn | Pengshui Miao and Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality |
| 彭山 | péng shān | see 彭山區|彭山区 |
| 彭麻麻 | péng má má | Mommy Peng, nickname for Peng Liyuan 彭麗媛|彭丽媛 |
| 彭湖岛 | péng hú dǎo | Penghu island county of Taiwan, off the coast of Kaohsiung |
彭 appears in 30 compound words: 93 as the first character, 7 as the last, and 0 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 彭 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个彭字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gè Péng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
In Classical Chinese, the character "彭" has different meanings.
彭佳慧回应了!“想月付3万打发”罹癌经纪人...
Péng jiā huì huí yīng le ! xiǎng yuè fù 3 wàn dǎ fā 罹 ái jīng jì rén . . .
Pong Ka-wai has responded! "Offering 30,000 a month to fob off" her agent diagnosed with cancer...
陪彭佳慧走过婚变、事业低潮换绝情! 她叹:一...
péi Péng jiā huì zǒu guò hūn biàn , shì yè dī cháo huàn jué qíng ! tā tàn : yī . . .
She stood by Peng Jiahui through her marital breakdown and career slump, only to be treated coldly in return! She sighed: "One..."
...集团接近出售墨西哥零售银行24%股权——彭博社
. . . jí tuán jiē jìn chū shòu mò xī gē líng shòu yín háng 2 4 gǔ quán — — Péng bó shè
...Group nears sale of 24% stake in Mexican retail bank — Bloomberg
彭博示警 缓冲期过后祭301永久措施
Péng bó shì jǐng huǎn chōng qī guò hòu jì 3 0 1 yǒng jiǔ cuò shī
Bloomberg Warns of Permanent Section 301 Measures After Grace Period
Character Family
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