páng
côté; autre; sinon
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我坐在他旁边。
wǒ zuò zài tā páng biān.
I sat next to him.
这件事与我无关。
zhè jiàn shì yǔ wǒ wú guān.
This matter has nothing to do with me.
他在我旁边说话。
tā zài wǒ páng biān shuōhuà.
He was talking next to me.
旁边 (páng biān)
side, beside
旁人 (páng rén)
outsider, bystander
中 (zhōng)
middle
正 (zhèng)
right
The Chinese character 旁 (páng) is composed of two parts: the radical 阜 (fù) and the phonetic component 旁 (páng). The radical 阜 originally meant "mound" or "hill", and it is often used in characters related to geography or topography. The phonetic component 旁 originally meant "to look sideways" or "to glance", and it is often used in characters related to vision or perception.The combination of these two components creates the character 旁, which has several meanings. It can mean "side", "beside", or "near". It can also mean "to look sideways" or "to glance". In addition, it can be used as a suffix to indicate a location or direction. For example, the character 旁边 (pángbiān) means "beside" or "next to", and the character 旁观 (pángguān) means "to look on" or "to observe".The character 旁 has a long history of usage in Chinese. It is found in oracle bone inscriptions from the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC), and it has been used continuously ever since. It is one of the most common characters in the Chinese language, and it is used in a wide variety of contexts.
