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蹭

cèng

Character

What 蹭 means

1. to rub against
2. to walk slowly
3. colloquialto freeload

Example sentences

• 我去你那蹭饭吃。
  I'm going to mooch a meal off you at your place.
• 你磨蹭什么呀，快点去吧。
  Nǐ móceng shénme ya, kuài diǎn qù ba.
  What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
• 你磨蹭什幺呀，快点去吧。
  What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
• 要不是他这么磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。
  Yàobushì tā zhème mómócèngcèng, xiànzài zǎo zuòwán le.
  If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.
• 要不是他这幺磨磨蹭蹭，现在早做完了。
  If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.

Words starting with 蹭

• 蹭吃cèng chīto freeload for food
• 蹭网cèng wǎng(colloquial) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)
• 蹭课cèng kè(colloquial) to sit in on a class
• 蹭车cèng chē(colloquial) to ride in sb else's car to save money…
• 蹭饭cèng fàn(colloquial) to mooch a meal
• 蹭热度cèng rè dù(colloquial) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity…
• 蹭吃蹭喝cèng chī cèng hēto cadge a meal
• 蹭蹬cèng dèng(literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck

Words containing 蹭

• 磨蹭mó cengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag
• 磨磨蹭蹭mó mó cèng cèngto dillydally; slow-going
• 刮蹭guā cèngto scrape one's car against sth; to sideswipe

Characters built on 曾

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

• 增zēng(bound form) to increase; to augment; to add to
• 赠zèngto give as a present; to repel; to bestow an honorary title after death (old)
• 憎zēngto detest
• 僧sēng(bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 甑zèngcauldron; rice pot
• 缯zēngsilk fabrics
• 罾zēnglarge square net

Characters that look like 蹭

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

• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 鳍qífin
• 鳗mán(bound form) eel (Anguilla japonica)
• 躇chúused in 踌躇
• 蹿cuānto leap up; (colloquial) to gush out; to spurt out
• 蹶juéto stumble; to trample; to kick (of horse)