Chinese symbol for “spectator”
旁观
páng guān
Traditional: 旁觀
spectator; non-participant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for spectator is 旁观 (páng guān), defined as: spectator; non-participant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “spectator”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 旁观.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旁边 (旁邊) | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 一旁 | yī páng | aside; to the side of |
| 旁人 | páng rén | other people; bystanders |
| 旁听 (旁聽) | páng tīng | to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer |
| 路旁 | lù páng | roadside |
| 旁观者 (旁觀者) | páng guān zhě | observer; spectator |
| 观点 (觀點) | guān diǎn | point of view; viewpoint |
| 观众 (觀眾) | guān zhòng | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “spectator”.
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.