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幫 - Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 50, +14, 17 strokes, cangjie input 土戈竹日月 (GIHAB), four-corner 44227, composition)

幫 - Chinese

trad.
simp.
2nd round simp.
alternative forms

Glyph origin

Old Chinese
*paːŋ
*paːŋ
*poŋ, *poŋs
*poŋ, *poŋs
*poŋ
*poŋ
*poŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *paːŋ) : phonetic (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic (silk) – the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    • (Standard)
    • (Chengdu, SP): bang1
    • (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): бон (bon, I)
  • Cantonese
    • (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): bong1
    • (Taishan, Wiktionary): bong1, bong1*
  • Gan (Wiktionary): bong1
  • Hakka
    • (Sixian, PFS): pông
    • (Meixian, Guangdong): bong1
  • Jin (Wiktionary): bon1
  • Min Bei (KCR): bó̤ng
  • Min Dong (BUC): bŏng
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien, POJ): pang / pong / png
    • (Teochew, Peng'im): bang1
  • Wu (Wiktionary): 1paan
  • Xiang (Wiktionary): ban1
  • Middle Chinese: /pɑŋ/
  • Old Chinese
    • (Zhengzhang): /*paːŋ/

Definitions

  1. the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
  2. to help; to assist; to aid
  3. group; gang
  4. (dialectal) for
  5. () (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of (MC pɑŋ)
  6. Classifier for groups of people.
  7. (Min Nan) Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.

Synonyms

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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) ,
Mandarin Beijing ,
Taiwan ,
Jinan ,
Xi'an ,
Wuhan ,
Chengdu , ,
Yangzhou ,
Hefei ,
Singapore
Cantonese Guangzhou ,
Hong Kong ,
Yangjiang ,
Gan Nanchang ,
Hakka Meixian ,
Jin Taiyuan ,
Min Bei Jian'ou ,
Min Dong Fuzhou ,
Min Nan Xiamen ,
Quanzhou
Zhangzhou
Tainan ,
Singapore (Hokkien) ,
Chaozhou ,
Wu Suzhou ,
Wenzhou
Xiang Changsha , ,
Shuangfeng

Compounds

幫 - Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. Kyūjitai form of

Readings

Usage notes

This character form is rarely used in Japan. See instead.

幫 - Korean

Hanja

(eumhun 도울 (doul bang))

  1. Hanja form? of (help).

幫 - Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: bang

Meaning and Definition of 幫
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