胖

胖

See also: 䏒

胖 U+80D6, 胖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-80D6 ← 胕 [U+80D5] CJK Unified Ideographs 胗 → [U+80D7]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

胖 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+5, 9 strokes, cangjie input 月火手 (BFQ), four-corner 7925₀, composition ⿰月半)

References

• KangXi: page 978, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29381
• Dae Jaweon: page 1430, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2063, character 7
• Unihan data for U+80D6

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 胖
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

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

	Old Chinese
半	*paːns
絆	*paːns
靽	*paːns
姅	*paːns, *pʰaːns
拌	*pʰaːn, *baːnʔ
拚	*pʰaːn, *brons, *pʰaːn, *puns
坢	*pʰaːnʔ
判	*pʰaːns
泮	*pʰaːns
頖	*pʰaːns
胖	*pʰaːns
冸	*pʰaːns
牉	*pʰaːns
柈	*baːn
伴	*baːnʔ, *baːns
叛	*baːns
畔	*baːns
袢	*ban

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *pʰaːns) : semantic 肉 + phonetic 半 (OC *paːns).

Etymology 1

trad.		胖
simp. #		胖
alternative forms		䏒 膨 Min Nan vernacular 肨 Min Nan vernacular

According to STEDT, possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-bʷam ~ s-bʷap.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pàng (pang⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bun⁶, pun³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phang
• Min Nan (POJ): phòng / phàng
• Wu (Wiktionary): phaan (T2)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pàng
    • Wade–Giles: pʻang⁴
    • Yale: pàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: panq
    • Palladius: пан (pan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bun⁶, pun³
    • Yale: buhn, pun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bun⁶, pun³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bun⁶, pun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːn²²/, /pʰuːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phang
    • Hakka Romanization System: pang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng / phàng
    • Tâi-lô: phòng / phàng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoxng, phaxng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pʰɔŋ²¹/, /pʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔŋ⁴¹/, /pʰaŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pʰɔŋ²¹/, /pʰaŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ¹¹/, /pʰaŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²¹/, /pʰaŋ²¹/

Note:

• phòng - vernacular;
• phàng - literary.

• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: phaan (T2)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰɑ̃³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*pʰaːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	胖
Reading #	1/1
No.	253
Phonetic component	半
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	判
Old Chinese	/*pʰaːns/
Notes	原作眫據校本

Definitions

胖

1. (of a person) fat

Usage notes

• In northern varieties, including Standard Mandarin, 胖 (pàng) is usually used for people, and animals are described as 肥 (féi). This distinction is not seen in southern varieties, such as Cantonese, Hakka, and Min.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 胖 (“fat (a.)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		胖
Mandarin	Beijing	胖, 富態
	Taiwan	胖
	Jinan	胖, 富態
	Xi'an	胖, 富態
	Wuhan	胖, 富態
	Chengdu	胖, 富態
	Yangzhou	胖, 富態
	Hefei	胖, 富態
	Malaysia	胖, 肥
	Singapore	胖, 肥
Cantonese	Guangzhou	肥
	Hong Kong	肥
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	肥
	Macau	肥
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	肥
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	肥
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	肥
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	肥
	Foshan	肥
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	肥
	Foshan (Shunde)	肥
	Foshan (Sanshui)	肥
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	肥
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	肥
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	肥
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	肥
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	肥
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	肥
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	肥
	Taishan	肥
	Kaiping (Chikan)	肥
	Enping (Niujiang)	肥
	Heshan (Yayao)	肥
	Dongguan	肥
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	肥
	Yangjiang	肥, 生肉
	Nanning	肥
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	肥
	Singapore (Guangfu)	肥
Gan	Nanchang	胖
Hakka	Meixian	肥
	Xingning	肥
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	肥
	Huiyang	肥
	Huidong (Daling)	肥
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	肥
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	肥
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	肥
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	肥
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	肥
	Conghua (Lütian)	肥
	Changting	壯, 肥
	Wuping	壯
	Wuping (Pingyu)	肥
	Liancheng	壯
	Ninghua	壯
	Ruijin	壯
	Shicheng	壯
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壯
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	肥, 大箍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	肥, 大箍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	肥, 大箍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	肥, 大箍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	肥, 大箍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	大箍
	Senai (Huiyang)	肥
Jin	Taiyuan	胖, 肉, 富態
Min Bei	Jian'ou	肥
Min Dong	Fuzhou	肥
	Singapore (Fuqing)	發福, 食好看
Min Nan	Xiamen	肥
	Quanzhou	肥
	Zhangzhou	肥
	Taipei	大箍, 肥
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	大箍
	Kaohsiung	大箍, 肥
	Yilan	大箍, 肥
	Changhua (Lukang)	大箍, 肥
	Taichung	肥, 大箍
	Tainan	大箍, 肥
	Hsinchu	肥
	Kinmen	大箍, 肥
	Penghu (Magong)	大箍, 肥
	Penang (Hokkien)	肥
	Singapore (Hokkien)	肥
	Manila (Hokkien)	肥
	Chaozhou	肥
	Shantou	肥
	Jieyang	肥
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	肥
	Singapore (Teochew)	肥
	Leizhou	肥
	Wenchang	肥
Wu	Suzhou	胖, 壯
	Ningbo	壯
	Wenzhou	壯
Xiang	Changsha	胖
	Shuangfeng	胖

Antonyms

• (fat): 瘦 (shòu, “skinny”)

Compounds

白白胖胖 (báibáipàngpàng) 矮胖 (ǎipàng) 肥肥胖胖 肥胖 (féipàng) 肥胖症 (féipàngzhèng) 胖乎乎 (pànghūhū) 胖呵呵 胖哥

胖嘟嘟 (pàngdūdū) 胖墩墩 胖大海 (pàngdàhǎi) 胖妞 (pàngniū) 胖姑 胖子 (pàngzi) 胖鼓鼓 發胖／发胖 (fāpàng)

胖墩兒／胖墩儿 胖襖／胖袄 胖頭魚／胖头鱼 (pàngtóuyú) 胖高麗／胖高丽 虛胖／虚胖 (xūpàng) 裝胖／装胖 黃胖／黄胖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): pán (pan²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phang
• Wu (Wiktionary): boe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: pán
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: pán
    • Wade–Giles: pʻan²
    • Yale: pán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: parn
    • Palladius: пань (panʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: pun⁴
    • Yale: pùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: pun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phang
    • Hakka Romanization System: pang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: pang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: boe (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /b̥ø²³/

Definitions

胖

1. comfortable; at ease

   心廣體胖／心广体胖  ―  xīnguǎngtǐpán  ―  comfortable, fit and happy

Compounds

心寬體胖／心宽体胖 (xīnkuāntǐpán)

心廣體胖／心广体胖 (xīnguǎngtǐpán)

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 胖 – see 麭 (“bread”). (This character, 胖, is a variant form of 麭.)

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Japanese

Kanji

胖

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. half a sacrifice
2. ribs
3. abundant
4. plentiful

Readings

• Go-on: はん (han); ばん (ban)
• Kan-on: はん (han)
• Kun: ゆたか (yutaka), かたみ (katami)
• Nanori: ひろ (hiro); ゆたか (yutaka)

Proper noun

胖(ゆたか) • (Yutaka) 

1. a male given name

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Korean

Hanja

胖 • (ban) (hangeul 반, revised ban, McCune–Reischauer pan, Yale pan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

胖: Hán Nôm readings: bàn, bỡn, ban, béo, phạng, phàng, pháng

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