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旁: side, near

 

旁 páng

noun
: beside; one side; other; side
: self
: the right-hand side of split Chinese character, often the phonetic

Kun Reading

旁 | つくり tsukuri

noun
: right half of a character when the left half is its radical

旁 | かたがた katagata

adverb | conjunction
: incidentally; at the same time

旁 | かたわら katawara

no-adjective | adverbial noun
: side; edge; beside; besides; nearby;
: while (doing)

On Reading

ボウ bou、 ホウ hou

 Usage:

旁邊[边] pang2bian4: lateral; side; to the side; beside
旁聽[听] pang2ting1: to visit (a meeting, class, trial etc)
旁人 pang2ren2: other people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
[傍人 | ぼうじん houjin: bystander]
旁白 pang2bai2: aside (theater); voice-over; background narration
[傍白 | ぼうはく houhaku: (theatrical) aside]
旁證[证] pang2zheng4: circumstantial evidence
[旁証 | ぼうしょう boushou: supporting evidence; corroboration]
旁註[注]: margent / margin
[旁註 | ぼうちゅう: side notes; gloss]

OR 傍注 | ぼうちゅう bouchuu: marginal notes; side notes; gloss

一旁 yi1pang2: aside; to the side of
兩[两]旁 liang3pang2: both sides; either side
偏旁 pian1pang2: the left- and right-side of a split Chinese character, often the key (radical) and phonetic
[へんぼう henbou: left and right kanji radicals
: (Colloquialism) kanji radical positions旁]
四旁 si4pang2: nearby regions
在旁 zai4pang2: alongside; nearby



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
博引旁証 | はくいんぼうしょう hakuin boushou
: (yoji) citing copious references



Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
耳旁風 [耳旁风] er3 pang2 feng1
: lit. wind past your ear; fig. something you don’t pay much attention to; in one ear and out the other

旁敲側擊 [旁敲侧击] pang2 qiao1 ce4 ji1
: to make insinuations; to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries)

旁觀者清 [旁观者清] pang2 guan1 zhe3 qing1
OR
當局者迷,旁觀者清 [当局者迷,旁观者清] dang1 ju2 zhe3 mi2 , pang2 guan1 zhe3 qing1
: The person on the spot is baffled, the onlooker sees clearly. The onlooker sees more of the game.

旁若無人 [旁若无人] pang2 ruo4 wu2 ren2
: to act as though there were nobody else present; not self-conscious; fig. without regard for others

旁門左道 [旁门左道] pang2 men2 zuo3 dao4
: dissenting religious sect; heretical school of opinion; dissident group

拱手旁觀 [拱手旁观] gong3 shou3 pang2 guan1
: to watch from the sidelines and do nothing

袖手旁觀 [袖手旁观] xiu4 shou3 pang2 guan1
: to watch with folded arms; to look on without lifting a finger

 Etymology:
会意 Associative Compound.
All (fan2: all, any)
places (fang1: square radical #79; direction, region), indicating its original meaning.



形声 Pictophonetic.
(fan2: all, any; ordinary) suggests the meaning while
(fang1: square radical #79; region) provides the sound.



Specialized Semantic.
傍 bang4: near; approaching; to depend on
[ば soba, はた hata, かたわら katawara. on: ボウ bou、 ホウ ho]



 Examples:
你的旁邊是什麼?
ni1 de pang2bian1 shi4 shen2me
What’s on your side?

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary