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傍 bàng

noun
: near; approaching
: to depend on
: (slang) to have an intimate relationship with somebody

Kun Reading

傍 OR 側 | そば soba

noun
: near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while

傍 | はた hata

noun
: near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while;
: third person

傍ら | かたわら katawara

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

On Reading

ボウ bou、 ホウ hou

 Usage:

傍晚 bang4wan3: in the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
傍亮 bang4liang4: dawn; daybreak
傍午 bang4wu3: towards noon; around midday
傍近 bang4jin4: to be close to
傍邊[边] bang4bian1: near; beside
依傍 yi1bang4: to rely on; to depend on; to imitate (a model); to base a work (on some model)
偎傍 wei1bang4: to snuggle up to



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom | proverb
そばにいる soba ni iru
: I’m by your side

傍目八目 | おかめはちもく okame hachimoku
: (yoji) bystander’s vantage point; outsider’s better grasp of the situation
: onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead

傍若無人 [傍若无人] pang2 ruo4 wu2 ren2
| ぼうじゃくぶじん boujaku bujin
:(yoji) arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing

拱手傍観 | こうしゅぼうかん koushu boukan OR きょうしゅぼうかん kyoushu boukan
: (yoji) stand idly by and watch

袖手傍観 | しゅうしゅぼうかん shuushu boukan
: (yoji) looking on with folded arms (with one’s hands in one’s sleeves); remaining a passive onlooker

路傍の人 | ろぼうのひと robou no hito
: utter stranger; mere passerby; outsider

傍らに人無きが如し | かたわらにひとなきがごとし katawara ni hito naki ga gotoshi
: (proverb) behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching



Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
傍大款 bang4 da4 kuan3
: to live off a rich man

傍人籬壁 [傍人篱壁] bang4 ren2 li2 bi4
: to depend on others

傍人門戶 [傍人门户] bang4 ren2 men2 hu4
: to be dependent upon sb

傍柳隨花 [傍柳随花] bang4 liu3 sui2 hua1
: prostitute

依山傍水 yi1 shan1 bang4 shui3
: mountains on one side and water on the other

胡謅亂傍 [胡诌乱傍] hu2zhou1 luan4 bang4
: to talk random nonsense; to say whatever comes into one’s head

 Etymology:
形声 Pictophonetic.
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
(pang2: side, near) provides the sound.



Specialized Semantic.
pang2: side; near
[つくり tsukuri, かたわら katawara, かたがた katagata. on: ボウ bou、 ホウ hou]



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary