庞 (páng) — (bound form) huge, enormous; (bound form, literary) face (in idioms like 庞眉皓发)
Definition
Bound form meaning 'huge / massive' (as in 庞大, 庞然大物). In literary idioms like 庞眉皓发 it reads as 'face' — a set-phrase sense you can recognize but won't produce.
bound form
hugeenormous(bound form, literary) face (in idioms like 庞眉皓发)
Examples
- 。Zhè zuò jiàn zhù fēi cháng páng dà.This building is extremely huge.
- 庞。Gōng sī de nèi bù jié gòu shí fēn páng zá.The internal structure of the company is very messy and huge.
- 。Nà zhī páng rán dà wù ràng rén gǎn dào hài pà.That huge monster made people feel scared.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 龐; 庞 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
龍
龍lóng龐páng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.
The traditional form 龐 pairs 广 (house) with 龍 (a sound part); the simplified 庞 is a shorthand, so its right side is not the original part.
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