A pendant is a jewel, stone, or small ornament that hangs from a thin chain you wear around your neck. The hanging is the point — the word comes from old French for 'hanging'. A necklace can be just a chain; once something dangles from it, that dangling piece is the pendant.

A pendant is a jewel, stone, or small ornamentpendant是一顆寶石、石頭，或一個小裝飾 that hangs from a thin chain掛在一條細鏈子上 you wear around your neck戴在脖子上 The hanging is the point「垂掛」就是重點 the word comes from old French for 'hanging'這個字來自古法文，原意就是「垂掛」 A necklace can be just a chain項鍊可以只是一條鍊子 once something dangles from it一旦有東西從上面垂掛下來 that dangling piece is the pendant那個垂掛的部分就是pendant

It is an ordinary jewellery and shopping word, not slang and not stiff. Though actually, older and more technical English also used pendant for other hanging things, like a hanging light or an ornament in a church roof; what learners meet first, and what this sense is, is the necklace charm.

It is an ordinary jewellery and shopping word這是珠寶、購物時很常用的字 not slang and not stiff不是俚語，也不生硬 Though actually不過其實 older and more technical English也 also used pendant for other hanging things較舊、較專業的英文也會用pendant指其他垂掛的東西 like a hanging light or an ornament in a church roof像是垂吊的燈，或教堂屋頂上的裝飾 what learners meet first, and what this sense is學習者最先接觸到、這裡指的意思 is the necklace charm就是項鍊上的墜飾

Do not mix it with pennant (a small flag) or pedant (a fussy know-it-all).

Do not mix it with pennant不要跟pennant搞混 (a small flag)（小旗子） or pedant或pedant (a fussy know-it-all)（愛賣弄學問、龜毛的人）