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HSK 3 - Medium
9 strokes
Traditional (switch to Simplified)

胖

pàng

Definition

fat
我妻子總覺得自己很胖。

My wife always thinks that she is too fat.
plump
過完春節我胖了四斤。

I gained 4 pounds after the Spring festival.
to put on weight

Other pronunciations

pán

healthy
at ease

Character Decomposition

Related words (14)

overweight person; fatty

fat (person); fatty

chubby

plump; pudgy; chubby

pàng dūn dūn

short and stout; heavy-set

malva nut; seed of Sterculia lychnophora

to gain weight; to get fat; to put on weight

short and stout; dumpy; roly-poly

fat; obese

féi pàng zhèng

obesity

bìng tài féi pàng

morbidly obese (medicine)

gāo ǎi pàng shòu

one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat); stature

過胖暴食症

guò pàng bào shí zhèng

binge eating disorder (BED)

Proverbs (2)

一口吃個胖子

yī kǒu chī ge pàng zi

(lit.) to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); (fig.) to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success

一口吃不成胖子

yī kǒu chī bù chéng pàng zi

(lit.) you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb); (fig.) learn to walk before you run

Idioms (1)

打腫臉充胖子

dǎ zhǒng liǎn chōng pàng zi

(lit.) to swell one's face up by slapping it to look imposing (idiom); to seek to impress by feigning more than one's abilities

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