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撑

chēng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 character level 6 Character Traditional 撐

撑 (chēng) means "to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 撑 means

1. to support
2. to prop up
3. to push or move with a pole
4. to maintain
5. to open or unfurl
6. to fill to bursting point
7. brace
8. stay
9. support

Example sentences

• 我们昨晚吃撑了。
  Wǒmen zuówǎn chī chēng le.
  We ate way too much last night.
• 这条绳子能撑多久?
  How long will this rope hold?
• 这件毛衣整个撑变形了。
  This sweater is all stretched out of shape.
• 他用手撑着下巴，听着。
  He was listening with his chin resting on his hand.
• 绳子不够牢固，撑不住他。
  Shéngzi bù gòu láogù, chēng bù zhù tā.
  The rope wasn't strong enough to support him.
• 骆驼可以撑很久不吃不喝。
  The camel can go a long time without water and food.

Words starting with 撑

• 撑腰chēng yāoto support; to brace
• 撑开chēng kāito stretch taut; to open (an umbrella); to hold (a bag etc) open
• 撑拒chēng jùto resist; to struggle; to sustain
• 撑持chēng chí(fig.) to sustain; to shore up
• 撑杆chēng gāna pole; a prop
• 撑死chēng sǐfull to the point of bursting; (colloquial) at most
• 撑破chēng pòto burst
• 撑船chēng chuánto punt; to pole a boat
• 撑场面chēng chǎng miànto keep up appearances; to put up a front
• 撑门面chēng mén miànto keep up appearances; to put up a front
• 撑伞chēng sǎnto hold up an umbrella
• 撑竿跳chēng gān tiàopole vault
• 撑竿跳高chēng gān tiào gāopole vault
• 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo defullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)
• 撑杆跳chēng gān tiàovariant of 撑竿跳
• 撑杆跳高chēng gān tiào gāovariant of 撑竿跳高

Words containing 撑

• 支撑zhī chēngto prop up; to support; strut
• 硬撑yìng chēngto make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
• 俯卧撑fǔ wò chēngpush-up; press-up (exercise)
• 强撑qiǎng chēngto use all one's willpower (to do sth); to hang in there
• 支撑架zhī chēng jiàbracket
• 平板支撑píng bǎn zhī chēngplank (exercise)
• 立卧撑跳lì wò chēng tiàoburpee
• 吃饱撑着chī bǎo chēng zhehaving nothing better to do
• 吃饱了饭撑的chī bǎo le fàn chēng dehaving nothing better to do; see 吃饱撑着
• 裙撑qún chēngframe worn under a skirt; underskirt
• 四肢支撑式sì zhī zhī chēng shìlow plank (yoga pose)

Characters that look like 撑

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

• 撰zhuànto compose; to compile
• 褶xí(arch.) court dress
• 擂léito pound (with a mortar and pestle); to hit (a person); to beat (a drum)…
• 撵niǎnto expel; to oust; (dialect) to chase after
• 摺zhédocument folded in accordion form; to fold
• 摞luòto pile up; to stack; a pile

Sounds the same

Read chēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 称to weigh; to state; to name
• 秤to weigh (variant of 称
• 铛frying pan; griddle
• 噌sound of bells etc
• 瞠stare at sth beyond reach
• 柽tamarisk
• 琤tinkling of gems
• 蛏mussel; razor clam; Solecurtus constricta
• 晿(used in names)
• 罉(dialect) cooking pot; variant of 铛
• 赪deep red
• 橕a prop; a shore

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chēng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.