旁

páng

side; by side, close by, near

How to write 旁, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 立 (stand), phonetic 方

Made of 立 + 方

旁边páng biānside; adjacent place
一旁yī pángaside; to the side of
旁白páng báiaside (theater); voice-over; background narration
旁观者páng guān zhěobserver; spectator
旁人páng rénother people; bystanders; onlookers; outsiders
旁观páng guānspectator; non-participant
旁听páng tīngto sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class)
路旁lù pángroadside
袖手旁观xiù shǒu páng guānto watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
两旁liǎng pángboth sides; either side
反文旁fǎn wén páng(colloquial) grapheme 攵 (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, 攴)
四旁sì pángnearby regions

你在我旁边，现在一切都好了。
nǐ zài wǒ páng biān ， xiàn zài yí qiè dōu hǎo le 。
You're by my side; everything's fine now.
那男人把她推到一旁。
nà nán rén bǎ tā tuī dào yì páng 。
That man pushed her to the side.
旁观者清，当局者迷。
páng guān zhě qīng ， dāng jú zhě mí 。
The authorities have no clue, but everyone else knows.
我想给你介绍一下我身旁这位朋友。
wǒ xiǎng gěi nǐ jiè shào yí xià wǒ shēn páng zhè wèi péng yǒu 。
I want to introduce you to my friend here.
你要是不答应的话，我就袖手旁观。
nǐ yào shi bù dā ying de huà ， wǒ jiù xiù shǒu páng guān 。
If you don't make the promise, then I'll just stand by and watch.