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Chinese symbol for “colossus”

庞然大物
páng rán dà wù
Traditional: 龐然大物
(idiom) huge object; colossus

The closest CC-CEDICT match for colossus is 庞然大物 (páng rán dà wù), defined as: (idiom) huge object; colossus.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

庞 páng
disorderly, messy; huge, big
radical 53 ⼴ · 8 strokes
然 rán
certainly; naturally; suddenly
radical 86 ⽕ · 12 strokes
大 dà
big, great, vast, high, deep
radical 37 ⼤ · 3 strokes
物 wù
thing, substance, matter; creature
radical 93 ⽜ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 庞然大物.

WordPinyinMeaning
庞大 (龐大)páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous
脸庞 (臉龐)liǎn pángface
庞杂 (龐雜)páng zácomplex; complicated; many and varied
庞克 (龐克)páng kè(Tw) (loanword) punk (music or subculture)
面庞 (面龐)miàn pángface
虽然 (雖然)suī ránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是 (kě shì) or 但是 (dàn shì) etc)
然后 (然後)rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
当然 (當然)dāng ránonly natural; as it should be
大学 (大學)dà xuéuniversity; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ)
人物rén wùperson; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “colossus”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.