Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 旁

one side
other
different
lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂 (dāo), 亻 (rén) etc)

collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)

to bypass

component of a Chinese character (as the radical or the phonetic part)

aside
to the side of

aside (theater)
voice-over
background narration

spectator
non-participant

Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)

both sides; either side

Bourbon

phonetic component of Chinese character

circumstantial evidence

to sit in on (proceedings)
to be present at a meeting as an observer
to audit (a class)

side; adjacent place

variant of 彷徨 (pánghuáng)

alongside
nearby

Pond's (brand of skin care products)

to be inattentive
to be distracted by sth

side door

helm (of a ship)

semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂 (dāo) in 刻 (kè))

other people
bystanders
onlookers
outsiders

nearby regions

roadside

character serving as sound value of another character
phonetic

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 (dāo) in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到 (dào), 利 (lì), 別／别 (bié) etc

name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)
see also 訁／讠 (yán)

paranasal sinus

erhua variant of 旁邊／旁边 (pángbiān)

pángtīngshēng

auditor (student)

(colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴)

Punjab state of India
Punjab province of Pakistan

see 膕旁腱肌／腘旁腱肌 (guópángjiànjī)
hamstring (anatomy)

lit. wind past your ear
fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
in one ear and out the other

observer
spectator

name of "cliff" 厂 radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)

name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂 (dāo) in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到 (dào), 利 (lì), 別／别 (bié) etc

gǒngshǒupángguān

to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)

Pángzhēpǔshěng

Punjab province of Pakistan

Pángzhēpǔbāng

Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan

xiùshǒupángguān

to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger

pángruòwúrén

to act as though there were nobody else present
unselfconscious
fig. without regard for others

jiǎzhuàngpángxiàn

parathyroid

guópángjiànjī

hamstring (anatomy)
see also 膕繩肌／腘绳肌 (guóshéngjī)

dàng'ěrpángfēng

lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
fig. to completely disregard

pángqiāocèjī

to make insinuations
to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)

pángménzuǒdào

dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
dissident group

zéwúpángdài

to be duty bound
to be one's unshirkable responsibility

lěngyǎnpángguān

the cool eye of a bystander
a detached point of view

shēngpángcuòwù

phonological error

pángguānzhěqīng

an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)

xīnwúpángwù

completely focused
free of distractions

chùlèipángtōng

to comprehend (new things) by analogy

shājūnmǎzhědàopáng'ér

杀君马者道旁儿

[殺君馬者道旁兒]

lit. bystanders killed the king's horse (idiom) (based on an ancient story in which people along the road cheered a horseman on as he galloped past, until the horse died of exhaustion)
fig. beware of becoming complacent when everyone is cheering you on

guānzhuàngdòngmàipángtōngshǒushù

冠状动脉旁通手术

[冠狀動脈旁通手術]

coronary bypass operation

dāngjúzhěmí,pángguānzhěqīng

当局者迷，旁观者清

[當局者迷，旁觀者清]

(idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved

guānzhuàngdòngmàipánglùyízhíshǒushù

冠状动脉旁路移植手术

[冠狀動脈旁路移植手術]

coronary bypass operation