傍 bàng beside
beside; close; nearby
怎么记住“傍”: 亻 person + 旁 side = beside. On the crowded bus a kind person moves to one side so the old man with the cane can sit beside.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
傍 = 亻 person + 旁 side
- 亻 person meaning
- 旁 side sound
- offering stand
- 方 direction
On the crowded bus a kind person moves to one side so the old man with the cane can sit beside.
How it came to be
The person gives the meaning and the sign for side the sound.
用法
- Almost entirely bound to one word: 傍晚 bàngwǎn "toward evening, at dusk", a time noun used like 早上/晚上, e.g. 我们傍晚出发 (wǒmen bàngwǎn chūfā), "we'll set off in the evening".
- The verb sense "to lean against, rely on" survives mainly in the literary phrase 依山傍水 yī shān bàng shuǐ "backed by mountains, facing water" (describing a scenic location), not used freely elsewhere.
- Outside 傍晚 this character is rare for learners to worry about.