撑

Traditional (Taiwan): 撐

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

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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

称 chēng weigh
秤 chēng weigh
蛏 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 撑 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: 扌掌
形旁 meaning: 扌
声旁 sound: 掌

Words with 撑

Starting with 撑

撑腰 chēngyāo support
撑持 chēngchí sustain
撑开 chēngkāi stretch taut
撑船 chēngchuán punt
撑竿跳高 chēnggāntiàogāo pole vault

All 13 words starting with 撑

Ending with 撑

支撑 zhīchēng prop up
硬撑 yìngchēng make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
俯卧撑 fǔwòchēng push-up
平板支撑 píngbǎnzhīchēng plank
强撑 qiǎngchēng hang in there

All 6 words ending with 撑

Containing 撑

支撑架 zhīchēngjià bracket
吃饱了饭撑的 chībǎolefànchēngde having nothing better to do
吃饱撑着 chībǎochēngzhe having nothing better to do
四肢支撑式 sìzhīzhīchēngshì low plank
立卧撑跳 lìwòchēngtiào burpee

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