庞 páng disorderly
disorderly; messy; huge
How to remember 庞: 广 broad + 龙 dragon = disorderly. After the kids' sleepover on the broad garden lawn, the inflatable dragon lies flat among crisps and blankets, and everything is disorderly.
Component breakdown
庞 = 广 broad + 龙 dragon
- 广 broad
- 龙 dragon
After the kids' sleepover on the broad garden lawn, the inflatable dragon lies flat among crisps and blankets, and everything is disorderly.
How it is used
- Bound morpheme 'huge, immense' - chiefly 庞大 (pángdà) enormous/vast: 庞大的组织 (pángdà de zǔzhī) a huge organization, 庞大的开支 (pángdà de kāizhī) massive expenditure.
- 庞大 stresses unwieldy bulk/scale; 数目庞大 (shùmù pángdà) = a huge number. Also 庞然大物 (pángrán-dàwù) = a colossus. Surname 庞 (Páng).