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棚

péng

Character

What 棚 means

1. shed
2. canopy
3. shack

Example sentences

• 汤姆躲在棚里。
  Tāngmǔ duǒ zài péng lǐ.
  Tom hid in the shed.
• 这个窝棚是个很特别的地方。
  Zhège wō péng shì gè hěn tèbié de dìfang.
  This hut is a very special place.
• 他每天早上六点都会在牲口棚给母牛挤牛奶。
  Tā měitiān zǎoshang liù diǎn dōu huì zài shēngkou péng gěi mǔ niú jǐ niúnǎi.
  He could be found at 6 o'clock every morning in the barn, milking the cows.
• 美国自然历史博物馆的「光之生物」展览展出了发绿色光的水母、额头上提着灯笼的琵琶鱼，以及在洞穴顶棚上悬挂粘液状细丝，用来诱捕猎物的萤火虫。
  The American Museum of Natural History’s “Creatures of Light” exhibit features jellyfish that glow green, anglerfish whose lantern-like bulbs dangle from their foreheads and luminous glowworms that hang mucus-like strands from cave ceilings to attract and ensnare their prey.

Words starting with 棚

• 棚子péng zishack; shed
• 棚户péng hùshacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers
• 棚架péng jiàtrellis; scaffolding
• 棚顶péng dǐngcanopy; roof; ceiling
• 棚户区péng hù qūshantytown
• 棚架格子péng jià gé zitrellis latticework

Words containing 棚

• 牛棚niú péngcowshed; makeshift detention center set up by Red Guards in the Cultural Revolution…
• 大棚dà pénggreenhouse; polytunnel
• 工棚gōng péngtemporary construction-site shed (sometimes used as workers' accommodation)
• 摄影棚shè yǐng péngfilm studio; television studio
• 录音棚lù yīn péngrecording studio
• 凉棚liáng péngmat awning; arbor
• 天棚tiān péngceiling; awning
• 打棚dǎ péng(dialect) to joke
• 暖棚nuǎn pénggreenhouse; polytunnel
• 爆棚bào péngfull to bursting
• 茅棚máo péngthatched shed
• 货棚huò péngcovered stall; shed
• 雨棚yǔ péngawning
• 顶棚dǐng péngceiling; awning (under ceiling)
• 住棚节Zhù péng jiéSukkot or Succoth, Jewish holiday
• 简易棚jiǎn yì péngmakeshift shelter; awning
• 手搭凉棚shǒu dā liáng péngto shade one's eyes with one's hand
• 粥棚zhōu péngfood relief center; soup kitchen
• 千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xíeven if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end…
• 帐棚zhàng pengvariant of 帐篷

Characters built on 朋

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

• 崩bēngto collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 硼péngboron (chemistry)
• 堋péngtarget in archery

Characters that look like 棚

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

• 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift
• 搁gēto place; to put aside; to shelve
• 榈lǘpalm tree
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 绷bēngto draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); (bound form) embroidery hoop
• 槌chuímallet; pestle; beetle (for wedging or ramming)

Sounds the same

Read péng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 朋friend
• 蓬fleabane (family Asteraceae); disheveled; classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes…
• 膨swollen
• 篷sail
• 鹏Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 硼boron (chemistry)
• 澎used in 澎湃; Taiwan pr. pēng
• 芃luxuriant growth
• 堋target in archery
• 弸strong bow; bowstring; to fill; full
• 淜roar of dashing waves
• 痭menorrhagia