HSK 6 · Objects

磅 bàng “pound (weight)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 磅 means

  1. pound (weight)
  2. scales
  3. to weigh
  4. scale (instrument for weighing)
  5. (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams)
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type)

How to say 磅

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale磅bàng4th tone, falling

磅 in a sentence

  1. 我要三磅的鸡肉。

    Wǒ yào sān bàng de jīròu.

    I’d like three pounds of chicken.

    Sentence #859717 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 鱼在这里是以磅为单位来出售。

    Yú zài zhèlǐ shì yǐ bàng wéi dānwèi lái chūshòu.

    Fish is sold by the pound here.

    Sentence #798203 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 上周我胖了五磅。

    Shàngzhōu wǒ pàng le wǔ bàng.

    I put on five pounds last week.

    Sentence #804536 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 磅 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 磅 (bàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
磅bàngscale
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 旁side · pángSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 旁 (páng) hints at the sound. Compare it with bàng.

How to write 磅

磅 15 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

磅 (bàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 磅 (bàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 磅

More words: Objects & Materials

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FAQs

磅 (bàng) means “pound (weight)” or “scales”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bàng: bàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 磅 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type bang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 磅 from the suggestions. Typing bang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
磅 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.