邦

bāng

Meanings

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bāng

1.(bound form) country; nation; state

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Wiktionary

1.the sides of an object (particularly a shoe)
2.to help; to assist; to aid
3.to speak in support of; to echo; to chime in with
4.gang; faction; group
5.Classifier for groups of people.
6.for
7.and; with
8.(Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 幫 (MC pang)
9.Classifier for scheduled forms of transportation, such as flights and trains.
10.Classifier for batches of letters, bulk deliveries, etc.
11.to supplement (on the side)
12.to participate in or to depend partially or entirely on betting, contests, etc. for profit
13.to sublet; to sublease
14.to expand; to enlarge; to extend
15.nation; country; sovereign state
16.state; Pradesh (political division of a federation, especially in India and Myanmar.)
17.a surname

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *paːŋ): phonetic 封 (OC *poŋ, *poŋs) + semantic 帛 (“silk”) – originally, the upper part of a shoe (鞋幫).

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Stroke order

Components

邦丰阝

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

我會彈蕭邦。
I can play Chopin.

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Related words

联邦 federal 异邦 foreign country 城邦 a city state (Greek polis)邦交 relations between two countries 盟邦 ally; allied country 安邦 to bring peace and stability to a country, region etc 土邦 native state (term used by British Colonial power to refer to independent states of India or Africa)邦联 confederation 掸邦 Shan state of east Myanmar (Burma)肖邦 Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer 邦迪 Bondi (name)友邦 friendly state