磅
bàngpáng HSK7

pound

磅 bàng frequency
pound measure word
A unit of weight equal to approximately 454 grams.

这袋进口咖啡豆的净重刚好是一磅。

zhè dài jìn​kǒu kā​fēi​dòu de jìng​zhòng gāng​hǎo shì yī bàng.

The net weight of this bag of imported coffee beans is exactly one pound.

paper thickness measure word
A unit of ream weight used to describe the thickness of paper.

这张名片是用两百五十磅的卡纸印的。

zhè zhāng míng​piàn shì yòng liǎng​bǎi​wǔ​shí bàng de kǎ​zhǐ yìn de.

This business card is printed on 250-pound cardstock.

point measure word
A unit of measurement for the size of type in printing.

这行的标题是十八磅字。

zhè háng de biāo​tí shì shí​bā bàng zì.

The title of this row is in 18-point font.

weigh verb
A weighing scale or the act of weighing using such an instrument.

请把这袋苹果拿去磅一下。

qǐng bǎ zhè dài píng​guǒ ná​qù bàng yī​xià.

Please take this bag of apples and weigh it.

磅 páng
majestic adjective
used in the compound 磅礴 páng​bó, meaning majestic, vast, or boundless

这座山脉的气势非常磅礴。

zhè zuò shān​mài de qì​shì fēi​cháng páng bó.

This mountain range is incredibly majestic.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,941st most common 10.7 per million
Movie subtitles
1,770th most common 28.6 per million appears in 12% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
39.1 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
11.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+78C5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)