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撐

Simplified: 撑

On the HSK 6 vocabulary list, at CEFR level B2.

chēng ㄔㄥ

    • to support
    • to prop up
    • to push or move with a pole
    • to maintain
    • to open or unfurl
    • to fill to bursting point
    • brace
    • stay
    • support

Other words read chēng

In the same tone

  • 稱 chēng weigh
  • 秤 chēng weigh
  • 蟶 chēng mussel
  • 噌 chēng sound of bells etc
  • 琤 chēng tinkling of gems

All 13 words read chēng

cheng with other tones

  • 成 chéng succeed
  • 城 chéng city walls
  • 呈 chéng memorial
  • 承 chéng bear
  • 乘 chéng ride

All 41 words read cheng in any tone

How 撐 is written

    部首 radical
    扌 a form of 手
    笔画 strokes
    15, with 12 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    扌牚
    形旁 meaning
    扌
    声旁 sound
    牚

    Words with 撐

    Starting with 撐

    All 13 words starting with 撐

    Ending with 撐

    • 支撐 zhīchēng prop up
    • 硬撐 yìngchēng make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
    • 俯臥撐 fǔwòchēng push-up
    • 平板支撐 píngbǎnzhīchēng plank
    • 強撐 qiǎngchēng hang in there

    All 6 words ending with 撐

    Containing 撐

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