Taxonomy of meanings for 旁:　　

  • 旁 páng (OC: baaŋ MC: bɑŋ) 步光切 平 廣韻：【爾雅曰二達謂之岐旁謂岐道旁出也説文曰薄也 】
    • EVERYWHERE
      • nadVon all sides, everywhere
    • HELP
      • n[adN]helper by one's side
    • NEAR
      • nsubjectthose who are close to and beside
    • SIDE
      • nside, place beside something or someone
      • nadNfigurativeon-the-side-, irregularly added
      • nadVsideways, towards the side 旁出
      • npost-Nside (of a road, roadside); one's side 身邊
      • n(post-N)on the side ofCH

    Additional information about 旁

    說文解字:

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    • SIDE

      1. The current general word for the the place beside a person, a road, a river or anything else is páng 旁 and this word can occur after demonstrative pronouns like 其.

      2. Cè 側 refers to anything that is beside something upright, like a building or a standing person, and the word can also be used independently unmodified by a preceding explicit indication of place..

    • CROSSROADS

      1. Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions.

      2. Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications.

      3. Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city.

      ERYA 一達謂之道路；二達謂之歧旁；三達謂之劇旁；四達謂之衢；五達謂之康；六達謂之莊；七達謂之劇驂；八達謂之崇期；九達謂之逵。 is a wonderful example of rationalisation in lexicography.

    • ANSWER

      [ASCENDING/HORIZONTAL/DESCENDING]

      [COMMON/RARE]

      [FAST/SLOW]

      1. The dominant general word for responding to something that has been addressed to one is duì 對 (converse wèi 謂 "address"), but that word usually refers to a reply directed at a superior who has put a question or occasionally a response to a statement by a superior.

      [ASCENDING], [GENERAL]

      2. Dá 答 (ant. jīn 吟 ( 口字旁加金字 ) 而不答 "not answer") refers to an immediate unpremeditated reply.

      [ASCENDING], [FAST]

      3. Yìng 應 (ant. 喑 "keep quiet") is to come up with an immediate reaction of which the linguistic reply is a central part.

      [FAST]; [[RARE]]

      4. Chóu 酬 can occasionally refer to a polite formal reply.

      [FORMAL], [POLITE]; [[RARE]]

    • SLIM

      1. The most current general word for skinniness is probably jí 瘠 / 膌 (ant. féi 肥 "fat").

      2. Qú 臞 (ant. rǎng 壤 [ 肉字旁 ]) refers to skinniness in humans.

      3. Léi 羸 refers to skinniness as a result of famine or of disease.

      4. Shòu 瘦 is rare in pre-Buddhist times, and refers generally to emaciation.