膨 péng bloated
bloated; inflated; swollen; to swell
怎么记住“膨”: 月 meat + 彭 drumbeat = bloated. After the barbecue Uncle has eaten so much meat that his belly sounds like a drumbeat when he pats it, round and bloated.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
膨 = 月 meat + 彭 drumbeat
- 月 meat meaning
- 彭 drumbeat sound
After the barbecue Uncle has eaten so much meat that his belly sounds like a drumbeat when he pats it, round and bloated.
How it came to be
The flesh gives the meaning and the drumbeat the sound.
用法
- Bound; "to swell/expand," living in 膨胀 (péngzhàng) to expand/inflate and 膨大 (péngdà) to bulge.
- Covers physical swelling (气球膨胀 the balloon expands), economic inflation (通货膨胀 tōnghuò péngzhàng), and ego: 自我膨胀 (zìwǒ péngzhàng) an inflated ego.