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凳

dèng

Character

What 凳 means

1. bench
2. stool

Other readings

凳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dèngvariant of {凳|dèng}

Example sentences

• 他躺在长凳上。
  Tā tǎng zài chángdèng shàng.
  He is lying on the bench.
• 他坐在长凳上。
  He sat on the bench.
• 猫在凳子上还是凳子下？
  Māo zài dèngzi shàng háishi dèngzi xià?
  Is the cat on or under the chair?
• 他和他朋友坐在长凳上。
  He and his friend sat on the bench.
• 为什幺你把长凳漆成红色了？
  Why did you paint the bench red?
• 老人闭上双眼，在长凳上坐着。
  Lǎorén bìshang shuāngyǎn, zài chángdèng shàng zuò zhe.
  The old man sat on the bench with his eyes closed.

Words starting with 凳

• 凳子dèng zistool; small seat

Words containing 凳

• 板凳bǎn dèngwooden bench or stool
• 长凳cháng dèngpew; bench
• 老虎凳lǎo hǔ dèngtiger bench…
• 春凳chūn dèng(old) wooden bench
• 条凳tiáo dèngbench
• 椅凳yǐ dèngbench; chairs and stools
• 矮凳ǎi dènglow stool
• 脚凳jiǎo dèngfootstool
• 坐冷板凳zuò lěng bǎn dèngto hold an inconsequential job; to receive a cold reception…
• 桌椅板凳zhuō yǐ bǎn dèngchairs and tables; household furniture
• 兀凳wù dèngChinese-style low stool
• 杌凳wù dèngChinese-style low stool
• 三角凳sān jiǎo dèngthree-legged stool

Characters built on 登

These share the phonetic component 登 (dēng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 澄chéngclear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙chéngorange tree; orange (color)
• 瞪dèngto open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 蹬dēngto step on; to tread on; to put on; to wear (shoes, trousers etc); (slang) to dump (sb)
• 镫dèngstirrup
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump
• 磴dèngcliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝dèngpath leading up a mountain

Characters that look like 凳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 墅shùvilla
• 熬áoto cook on a slow fire; to extract by heating; to decoct; to endure
• 髦máobang (hair); fashionable; mane
• 雹báohail
• 箫xiāoxiao, a vertical bamboo flute
• 樊fán(literary) fence

Sounds the same

Read dèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 瞪to open (one's eyes) wide; to stare at; to glare at
• 蹬used in 蹭蹬
• 澄(of liquid) to settle; to become clear
• 镫stirrup
• 磴cliff-ledge; stone step
• 嶝path leading up a mountain
• 僜Deng ethnic minority of Tibet
• 邓surname Deng