胖 (pàng)

fat; plump

How 胖 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
月 — moon
Traditional
胖
Simplified
胖 (unchanged)

Components

胖 has 2 readings

The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.

pán
healthy; at ease
pàng
fat; plump

Common words using 胖

胖子 pàngzi
fat person; fatty
發胖 fāpàng
to put on weight; to get fat
肥胖 féipàng
fat; obese
矮胖 ǎipàng
short and stout; dumpy; roly-poly
肥胖症 féipàngzhèng
obesity
胖乎乎 pànghūhū
chubby
胖人 pàngrén
overweight person; fatty
胖嘟嘟 pàngdūdū
plump; pudgy; chubby
胖墩墩 pàngdūndūn
short and stout; heavy-set
胖大海 pàngdàhǎi
malva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora
胖頭魚 pàngtóuyú
see 鱅魚|鳙鱼[yong1 yu2]

胖 in a sentence

我最近吃太多,變胖了。

Wǒ zuìjìn chī tài duō, biàn pàng le.

“I've eaten too much recently and gotten fat.”

How common is 胖?

胖 is the 1,890th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 96.7% of all running text.

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