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滕

Téng

Character

What 滕 means

1. vassal state of Zhou in Shandong
2. surname Teng

Example sentences

• 古滕堡是德国人。
  Gutenberg was German.

Words starting with 滕

• 滕州市Téng zhōu ShìTengzhou, a county-level city in Zaozhuang City 枣庄市
• 滕王阁Téng wáng GéTengwang Tower in Nanchang, Jiangxi; one of three famous pagodas in China along with…
• 滕斯贝格Téng sī bèi géTønsberg (city in Vestfold, Norway)
• 滕州Téng zhōusee 滕州市

Words containing 滕

• 霍尔滕Huò ěr téngHorten (city in Vestfold, Norway)

Characters built on 月

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

• 朋péngfriend
• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 腾téng(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 膨péngswollen
• 朦méngused in 朦胧
• 塍chéngraised path between fields

Characters that look like 滕

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

• 膨péngswollen
• 膝xīknee
• 膳shànmeals
• 臻zhēnto arrive; to reach (esp. perfection); utmost
• 踞jùto be based upon; to squat
• 漆qīpaint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc)

Sounds the same

Read Téng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 疼(it) hurts; sore; to love dearly
• 腾(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room…
• 藤rattan; cane; vine
• 誊to transcribe; to copy out
• 螣flying dragon
• 縢bind; cord; tie up
• 邆(used in place names)