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擎

qíng

HSK 6 Character

What 擎 means

1. to raise; to hold up; to lift up

Example sentences

• 请关闭引擎。
  Please turn off your engine.
• 引擎运转良好。
  The engine works well.
• 汤姆发动了引擎。
  Tāngmǔ fādòng le yǐnqíng.
  Tom started the engine.
• 他知道怎幺关掉引擎。
  He knows how to cut the engine.
• 这个引擎耗用最多的油。
  Zhège yǐnqíng hào yòng zuì duō de yóu.
  This engine consumes the most oil.
• 引擎不知哪里发生了故障。
  Yǐnqíng bù zhī nǎlǐ fāshēng le gùzhàng.
  Something's wrong with the engine.

Words starting with 擎

• 擎拳合掌qíng quán hé zhǎngto clasp hands; to put one's palms together (in obeisance)

Words containing 擎

• 引擎yǐn qíngengine (loanword)
• 搜索引擎sōu suǒ yǐn qíngsearch engine
• 引擎盖yǐn qíng gài(car) hood; bonnet
• 搜寻引擎sōu xún yǐn qíng(Tw, HK) search engine
• 众擎易举zhòng qíng yì jǔmany hands make light work (idiom)
• 人肉搜索引擎rén ròu sōu suǒ yǐn qíng(neologism, attested by 2003) human flesh search engine…
• 一柱擎天yī zhù qíng tiānlit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)…

Characters built on 敬

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

• 警jǐngto alert; to warn; police
• 儆jǐngto warn; to admonish
• 檠qínginstrument for straightening bows

Characters that look like 擎

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

• 赞zàn(bound form) to praise; to laud (variant of 赞
• 繁fáncomplicated; many; in great numbers
• 臀túnbuttocks; hips; rump
• 篱lía fence
• 寰huánlarge domain; extensive region
• 擘bòthumb; to break; to tear

Sounds the same

Read qíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 情(bound form) feelings; emotion; sentiment; passion; (bound form) situation; condition
• 晴clear; fine (weather)
• 氰cyanogen (CN)2; ethanedinitrile; Taiwan pr. qīng
• 黥to tattoo criminals on the face or forehead
• 勍violent; strong
• 檠instrument for straightening bows
• 殑swoon
• 㯳variant of 檠
• 暒old variant of 晴