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篷

péng

HSK 6 Character

What 篷 means

1. sail

Example sentences

• 我们搭了帐篷。
  Wǒmen dā le zhàngpeng.
  We erected our tent.
• 我开一辆敞篷车。
  I drive a convertible.
• 这是搭帐篷的好地方。
  This is a good place to pitch a tent.
• 学校会提供帐篷给我们。
  Xuéxiào huì tígōng zhàngpeng gěi wǒmen.
  The school will provide tents for us.
• 搭帐篷花了我们半小时。
  It took us half an hour to set up the tent.
• 他们在找一个可以搭帐篷的地方。
  Tāmen zài zhǎo yī gè kěyǐ dā zhàngpeng de dìfang.
  They were looking for a place at which they could pitch the tent.

Words starting with 篷

• 篷布péng bùtarpaulin
• 篷车péng chēcovered truck; caravan; van
• 篷顶péng dǐngcanopy; roof; ceiling
• 篷盖布péng gài bùtarpaulin fabric

Words containing 篷

• 帐篷zhàng pengtent
• 斗篷dǒu pengcloak; mantle
• 天篷tiān péngcanopy
• 船篷chuán péngship's sail
• 大篷车dà péng chēcovered truck; covered wagon; bus with some seating but mostly standing room
• 敞篷车chǎng péng chēa convertible; open-top car
• 敞篷汽车chǎng péng qì chēconvertible (car)
• 防毒斗篷fáng dú dǒu péngprotective cape
• 檐篷yán péng(Hong Kong) canopy; awning

Characters built on 竹

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

• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.
• 筝zhēngsee 古筝
• 笙shēngsheng, a free reed wind instrument with vertical bamboo pipes

Characters that look like 篷

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

• 履lǚshoe; to tread on
• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest
• 薇wēiOsmunda regalis, a species of fern; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 蕴yùnto accumulate; to hold in store; to contain
• 麋mímoose; river bank
• 篾mièthe outer layer of a stalk of bamboo (or reed or sorghum); a thin bamboo strip

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
• 鹏Peng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 棚shed; canopy; shack
• 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