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- one side
- other
- different
- lateral component of a Chinese character (such as 刂[dao1], 亻[ren2] etc)
- semantic component of a phono-semantic character (e.g. component 刂[dao1] in 刻[ke4])
- collateral relative (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines)
Trad. 旁聽
- to sit in on (proceedings)
- to be present at a meeting as an observer
- to audit (a class)
- Jiepang (Chinese location-based social networking service for mobile devices, in operation 2010-2016)
- name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc
- name of "speech" or "words" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 149)
- see also 訁|讠[yan2]
- (colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴)
Trad. 側刀旁
- name of the lateral "knife" radical 刂[dao1] in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 18), occurring in 到[dao4], 利[li4], 別|别[bie2] etc
Trad. 耳旁風
- lit. wind past your ear
- fig. sth you don't pay much attention to
- in one ear and out the other
Trad. 聲旁字
- character serving as sound value of another character
- phonetic
- name of "cliff" 厂 radical in simplified Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27)
Trad. 觸類旁通
- to comprehend (new things) by analogy
Trad. 當耳旁風
- lit. to treat (what sb says) as wind past your ear
- fig. to completely disregard
Trad. 心無旁騖
- completely focused
- free of distractions
Trad. 袖手旁觀
- to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
Trad. 拱手旁觀
- to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
Trad. 冷眼旁觀
- (idiom) to observe with an indifferent attitude; to be a bystander (usually referring to someone who could get involved but chooses not to)
Trad. 責無旁貸
- to be duty bound
- to be one's unshirkable responsibility
Trad. 旁敲側擊
- to make insinuations
- to take an indirect approach (in making inquiries) (idiom)
Trad. 膕旁腱肌
- hamstring (anatomy)
- see also 膕繩肌|腘绳肌[guo2 sheng2 ji1]
Trad. 旁若無人
- to act as though there were nobody else present
- unselfconscious
- fig. without regard for others
Trad. 旁觀者清
- an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved (idiom)
- Punjab state in northwest India bordering Pakistan
Trad. 旁門左道
- dissenting religious sect (idiom); heretical school of opinion
- dissident group
Trad. 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
Trad. 冠狀動脈旁通手術
- coronary bypass operation
Trad. 當局者迷，旁觀者清
- (idiom) an outsider can see things more clearly or objectively than those involved
Trad. 冠狀動脈旁路移植手術
- coronary bypass operation