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绷

bēng

Character Traditional 繃

What 绷 means

1. to draw tight; to stretch taut
2. to tack (with thread or pin)
3. bound formembroidery hoop
4. bound formwoven bed mat

Other readings

绷 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• běngto have a taut face
• bēngvariant of {绷|bēng}; variant of {绷|běng}

Example sentences

• 她裁下布制作绷带。
  She cut up the cloth to make bandages.
• 他用绷带包扎了伤口。
  Tāyòng bēngdài bāozā le shāngkǒu.
  He wound a bandage around the wound.
• 绷带把伤口包扎住了。
  Bēngdài bǎ shāngkǒu bāozā zhù le.
  The bandage was wound around the wound.
• 他先清洗了伤口，再绑上绷带。
  Tā xiān qīngxǐ le shāngkǒu, zài bǎng shàng bēngdài.
  He cleansed the wound before putting on a bandage.
• 护士轻柔地给我的头缠上绷带。
  The nurse gently put a bandage around my head.
• 球迷们安静下来，绷紧神经，观看两支球队的点球大战。
  Qiúmí men ānjìng xiàlai, bēngjǐn shénjīng, guānkàn liǎng zhī qiúduì de diǎnqiú dàzhàn.
  The fans went silent as they nervously watched the penalty shootout between the two teams.

Words starting with 绷

• 绷带bēng dài(loanword) bandage
• 绷紧bēng jǐnto stretch taut
• 绷着脸běng zhe liǎnto have a taut face; to pull a long face; to look displeased
• 绷子bēng ziembroidery frame; hoop; tambour
• 绷簧bēng huángspring
• 绷不住bēng bu zhù(net slang) can't contain oneself; unable to bear; can't help (doing sth)

Words containing 绷

• 紧绷jǐn bēngto stretch taut; (of muscles etc) taut; strained; tense
• 棕绷zōng bēngrectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it…
• 紧绷绷jǐn bēng bēngtight; stretched; (face, lips) taut; strained
• 石膏绷带shí gāo bēng dàiplaster cast
• OK绷OK bēng(Taiwan) band-aid; sticking plaster

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
• 棚péngshed; canopy; shack
• 鹏PéngPeng, large fabulous bird; roc
• 硼péngboron (chemistry)
• 堋péngtarget in archery

Characters that look like 绷

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

• 朝zhāomorning
• 湖húlake
• 掘juéto dig
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)
• 涮shuànto rinse; to swish (in water); to trick; to fool sb…
• 掴guāito slap; also pr. guó

Sounds the same

Read bēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 崩to collapse; to fall into ruins; death of king or emperor
• 嘣(onomatopoeia) thump; boom; bang
• 伻to cause
• 祊side altar inside ancestral temple