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呈

chéng

HSK 6 Character

What 呈 means

1. to present to a superior
2. memorial
3. petition
4. to present (a certain appearance)
5. to assume (a shape)
6. to be (a certain color)

Example sentences

• 他的脸上呈现了愤怒。
  Tā de liǎn shàng chéngxiàn le fènnù.
  Anger showed on his face.
• 图像在镜片中呈反向。
  Túxiàng zài jìngpiàn zhōng chéng fǎnxiàng.
  Through the lens the image was inverted.
• 你所说的一切都将成为呈堂证供。
  Nǐ suǒ shuō de yīqiè dōu jiāng chéngwéi chéng táng zhèng gōng.
  Anything you say may be held against you in a court of law.
• 用本生灯加热钾，火焰就会呈现淡紫色。
  Potassium, heated with a Bunsen burner, gives the flame a lilac color.
• 随氧化变成蓝色，最终呈现出鲜艳的红紫色。
  As it oxidizes, the color turns blue and finally becomes a brilliant reddish-purple hue.
• 他上身长得呈倒三角形，站在那里看上去特帅！
  His upper body looks like it has the shape of an inverted triangle; standing there, he seems extremely handsome!

Words starting with 呈

• 呈现chéng xiànto appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance)
• 呈交chéng jiāo(formal and deferential) to present; to submit
• 呈报chéng bàoto (submit a) report
• 呈文chéng wénpetition (submitted to a superior)
• 呈献chéng xiànto present respectfully
• 呈给chéng gěito give; to hand
• 呈请chéng qǐngto submit (to superiors)
• 呈送chéng sòngto present; to render
• 呈递chéng dìto present; to submit
• 呈贡区Chéng gòng QūChenggong, a district of Kunming City 昆明市
• 呈阴性chéng yīn xìngto test negative
• 呈阳性chéng yáng xìngto test positive
• 呈贡Chéng gòngsee 呈贡区

Words containing 呈

• 辞呈cí chéng(written) resignation
• 保呈bǎo chéngdocument guaranteeing the words or actions of a third party (old)
• 签呈qiān chéngpetition (submitted to a superior)
• 纷呈fēn chéngbrilliant and varied; (often in the combination 精彩纷呈
• 龙凤呈祥lóng fèng chéng xiángthe dragon and phoenix are symbols of good fortune (idiom); auspicious…

Characters that look like 呈

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

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 直zhístraight; to straighten; fair and reasonable
• 夷yínon-Han people, esp. to the East of China; barbarians; to wipe out
• 亘gènextending all the way across; running all the way through
• 苤piěused in 苤蓝

Sounds the same

Read chéng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 成to succeed; to finish; to complete
• 城city walls; city; town
• 程rule; order; regulations
• 诚(bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly
• 承to bear; to carry; to hold
• 乘to ride; to mount; to make use of
• 惩to punish; to reprimand; to warn
• 澄clear; limpid; to clarify
• 橙orange tree; orange (color)
• 丞deputy
• 盛to hold; to contain; to ladle
• 宬(literary) archive room; library…