Meaning
fat; plump
Chinese: 身体脂肪多。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “pang” becomes a different word in each tone. 胖 is the 4th tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 胖子pàng zifat person; fatty
- 肥胖féi pàngfat; obese
- 胖人pàng rénoverweight person; fatty
- 发胖fā pàngto put on weight; to get fat
- 胖次pàng cì(Internet slang) panties (loanword)
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Example Sentence
这只小猫吃得胖乎乎的，十分可爱。Zhè zhī xiǎo māo chī de pàng hū hū de, shí fēn kě ài.This kitten is plump from eating, and very cute.
这Zhèthis只zhīonly小猫xiǎo māokitten吃chīto eat得de(verb complement)胖乎乎pàng hū hūchubby的deof，十分shí fēnvery可爱kě àiadorable。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
The flesh radical 月 (body) plus 半 (bàn, sound): plenty of flesh — ‘fat / plump’.
A way to remember it
Flesh (月) + the sound 半 — plump.
Easy to confuse with
- 半‘Half’: the sound part of 胖, on its own.