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胖
pán
1. healthy
2. at ease
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

胖
pàng
fat, plump, obese; a fat person
HSK 3 9 丶

Compound Words (19)

发胖
fāpàng
to put on weight
矮胖
ǎipàng
short and stout
肥胖
féipàng
fat
胖人
pàngrén
overweight person
胖子
pàngzi
fat person
肥胖症
féipàngzhèng
obesity
胖乎乎
pànghūhū
chubby
胖嘟嘟
pàngdūdū
plump
胖墩墩
pàngdūndūn
short and stout
胖大海
pàngdàhǎi
malva nut
胖头鱼
pàngtóuyú
see [[鱅魚|鳙鱼<yōngyú>]]
心宽体胖
xīnkuāntǐpán
big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easy-going
心广体胖
xīnguǎngtǐpán
big-hearted and serene (idiom); contended and easy-going
病态肥胖
bìngtàiféipàng
morbidly obese (medicine)
高矮胖瘦
gāoǎipàngshòu
one's physique (tall or short, thin or fat)
过胖暴食症
guòpàngbàoshízhèng
binge eating disorder (BED)
一口吃个胖子
yīkǒuchīgepàngzi
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)
打肿脸充胖子
dǎzhǒngliǎnchōngpàngzi
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
一口吃不成胖子
yīkǒuchībùchéngpàngzi
lit. you cannot get fat with only one mouthful (proverb)

Alternate Entries

胖
pàng
fat / plump
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
1,892
Word Frequency Rank
2,329 of 84,292

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