胖 (bun6 pun4 | pang4 pan2 ) : fat

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胖

bun6 pun4

pang4 pan2

[粵] bun6 [國] pang4
fat; obese; stout; plump; chubby; corpulent

[粵] pun4 [國] pan2
easy and comfortable

bun6 & pang4 are colloquial pronunciations; pun4 & pan2 are literary pronunciations.

Stroke count: 9

Level: 3

Radical: 肉 (#130)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

胖

This word has been viewed 4804 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Aug 2009 05:01

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胖嘟嘟 bun6 dyut1 dyut1 = plump; chubby; pudgy 粵

肥胖 fei4 bun6 fei2 pang4 = obese, obesity

胖子 bun6 zi2 pang4 zi5 = a fat person, a fatty, an obese person

復胖 fuk6 bun6 fu4 pang4 = of one's weight to rebound; get fat again

中央肥胖 zung1 joeng1 fei4 bun6 zhong1 yang1 fei2 pang4 = moderate obesity

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 胖
Unicode code for this character: U+80d6 (off-site link)

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