龐

See also: 龎, 厐, and 庞

龐 U+9F90, 龐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9F90 ← 龏 [U+9F8F] CJK Unified Ideographs 龑 → [U+9F91]

Translingual

Han character

龐 (Kangxi radical 212, 龍+3, 19 strokes, cangjie input 戈卜月心 (IYBP), four-corner 0021₁, composition ⿸广龍)

1. disorderly, messy
2. huge, big
3. large house
4. face

Derived characters

• 𧕻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1537, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 48824
• Dae Jaweon: page 2077, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4804, character 7
• Unihan data for U+9F90

Chinese

trad.		龐
simp.		庞
alternative forms		龎／厐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 龐
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (龍) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
驡	*ʔslaːŋʔ, *roŋ
龐	*broːŋ
瀧	*rroːŋ, *sroːŋ, *roːŋ
籠	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *roŋ
豅	*roːŋ
朧	*roːŋ, *roŋs
龓	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
聾	*roːŋ
礱	*roːŋ, *roːŋs
嚨	*roːŋ
蘢	*roːŋ, *roŋ
櫳	*roːŋ
襱	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ, *r'oŋʔ
瓏	*roːŋ
曨	*roːŋ, *roːŋʔ
鸗	*roːŋ, *roŋ
蠪	*roːŋ
巃	*roːŋʔ
竉	*roːŋʔ
攏	*roːŋʔ
儱	*roːŋʔ, *roŋs
龍	*b·roŋ, *mroːŋ
躘	*roŋ, *roŋs
隴	*roŋʔ
壠	*roŋʔ
壟	*roŋʔ
寵	*r̥ʰoŋʔ
龏	*kloŋ, *kloŋs, *qroːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *broːŋ): semantic 广 (“house”) + phonetic 龍 (OC *b·roŋ, *mroːŋ).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): páng (pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pong⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): pong³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): phòng

  (Hailu, HRS): pong

  (Meixian, Guangdong): pong²

• Eastern Min (BUC): pàng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): pang² / pang⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): phâng / pâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵ / bong⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pang⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶baon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²
    • Yale: páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong⁴
    • Yale: pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: pong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: pong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: pong
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰoŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: pong²
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰɔŋ¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: pàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pang²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: páng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pang⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: pāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: pang⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phâng
    • Tâi-lô: phâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰaŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pâng
    • Tâi-lô: pâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: paang
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Taipei): /paŋ²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /paŋ²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang⁵ / bong⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng / pông
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/, /poŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

• pang5 - literary;
• bong5 - vernacular ("bad facial expression").

• (Leizhou)
  • Leizhou Pinyin: pang⁵
  • Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶baon
    • MiniDict: baon^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³baan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /bɑ̃²³/

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• Middle Chinese: baewng

Rime
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄江切
Baxter	baewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/bɔŋ/
Wang Li	/bɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[b]ˤroŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*broːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	páng
Middle Chinese	‹ bæwng ›
Old Chinese	/*[b]ˁroŋ/
English	huge
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
No.	8409
Phonetic component	龍
Rime group	東
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	龐
Old Chinese	/*broːŋ/

Definitions

龐

1. huge; big
2. disorderly; messy
3. shape of the face; facial contours

Synonyms

• (huge):

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• 光大 (guāngdà)
• 宏大 (hóngdà)
• 寬大 / 宽大 (kuāndà)
• 寬闊 / 宽阔 (kuānkuò)
• 巨大 (jùdà)
• 廣 / 广
• 廣大 / 广大 (guǎngdà)
• 廣闊 / 广阔 (guǎngkuò)
• 龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
• 洪大 (hóngdà)
• 浩大 (hàodà)
• 無邊 / 无边 (wúbiān)
• 甚大 (shèndà) (literary)
• 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng)
• 蕩 / 荡 (dàng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 薄海 (bóhǎi) (literary, figurative, of an area)
• 遼闊 / 辽阔 (liáokuò)

• (shape of the face):

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• 臉龐 / 脸庞 (liǎnpáng)
• 臉盤 / 脸盘 (liǎnpán) (colloquial)
• 臉膛兒 / 脸膛儿 (liǎntángr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 面龐 / 面庞 (miànpáng)
• 面形 (Hokkien)
• 面架子 (⁶mi-ka-tsy) (Wu)
• 面框 (Hokkien)
• 面模 (Hokkien)
• 面模仔 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 面盤 / 面盘 (Hokkien)

Compounds

• 俊龐兒 / 俊庞儿
• 奇龐福艾 / 奇庞福艾
• 龐克 / 庞克 (pángkè)
• 龐克頭 / 庞克头
• 龐兒 / 庞儿
• 龐大 / 庞大 (pángdà)
• 龐大無比 / 庞大无比
• 龐德 / 庞德
• 龐然 / 庞然
• 龐然大物 / 庞然大物 (pángrándàwù)
• 龐琴曲線 / 庞琴曲线
• 龐眉白髮 / 庞眉白发
• 龐眉皓首 / 庞眉皓首
• 龐眉皓髮 / 庞眉皓发
• 龐貝 / 庞贝 (Pángbèi)
• 龐貝壁畫 / 庞贝壁画
• 龐道 / 庞道
• 龐雜 / 庞杂 (pángzá)
• 打腫臉龐 / 打肿脸庞
• 月貌花龐 / 月貌花庞
• 淳龐 / 淳庞
• 臉龐 / 脸庞 (liǎnpáng)
• 面龐 / 面庞 (miànpáng)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Min dialects have confusion with 厖?”)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Páng (Pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pong⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): Pàng / Màng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): Phâng / Bâng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): pang⁵

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): pang⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Páng
    • Wade–Giles: Pʻang²
    • Yale: Páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Parng
    • Palladius: Пан (Pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: pong⁴
    • Yale: pòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: Pàng / Màng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵³/, /maŋ⁵³/

Note: Màng - dated, now mostly only used for 龐統.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: máng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Phâng
    • Tâi-lô: Phâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phaang
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /pʰaŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Bâng
    • Tâi-lô: Bâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baang
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /baŋ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /baŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: pang⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phâng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: pang⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: baewng

Rime
Character	龐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	江 (9)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	薄江切
Baxter	baewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bˠʌŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/bᵚɔŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/bɔŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/baɨwŋ/
Li Rong	/bɔŋ/
Wang Li	/bɔŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱɔŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	páng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	pong4

Definitions

龐

1. a surname

   龐德／庞德  ―  Páng Dé  ―  Pang De (military general during the late Eastern Han dynasty)

Compounds

• 龐公 / 庞公 (Pánggōng)
• 龐德公 / 庞德公

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lóng, páng (long², pang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄥˊ, ㄆㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lung⁴
• Southern Min (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): long⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lóng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lóng
    • Wade–Giles: lung²
    • Yale: lúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: long
    • Palladius: лун (lun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: páng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: páng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang²
    • Yale: páng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parng
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lung⁴
    • Yale: lùhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lung⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lung⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lʊŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: long⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔŋ²²/

Definitions

龐

1. used in 龐龐／庞庞 (lónglóng)

Japanese

Kanji

龐

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. disorderly
2. messy
3. huge
4. big

Readings

• Go-on: ぼう (bō)^{←ばう (bau, historical)}、る (ru)
• Kan-on: ほう (hō)^{←はう (fau, historical)}、ろう (rō)
• Kun: たかどの (takadono)

Korean

Hanja

龐 • (bang, nong) (hangeul 방, 농, revised bang, nong, McCune–Reischauer pang, nong, Yale pang, nong)

1. disorderly
2. huge, big
3. high

Vietnamese

Han character

龐: Hán Việt readings: bàng

1. chữ Hán form of bàng (“used in Chinese derived compounds to mean big, large, disorderly, messy or to refer to the face”)
2. chữ Hán form of Bàng (“referring to the Hồng Bàng dynasty and the associated surname”)