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Chinese words starting with “bang”

9 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable bang. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.

Initial b · final ang · hear the four tones and see example characters →

  • 1st tone 2
  • 3rd tone 3
  • 4th tone 4

Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.

Common words with this syllable

All 9 words

#WordPinyinPOSMeaningStudy list
1帮bāngv,qto help; to assist; to support; for sb (i.e. as a help); hired (as worker); side (of pail, boat etc); outer layer; upper (of a shoe); group; gang; clique; party; secret society
2棒bànga,g,qstick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race
3绑架bǎng jiàv,vnto kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking
4绑bǎngvto tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap
5磅bàngqscale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type)
6榜样bǎng yàngnexample; model
7棒球bàng qiúnbaseball
8傍晚bàng wǎntin the evening; when night falls; towards evening; at night fall; at dusk
9帮手bāng shǒunhelper; assistant

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