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逞

chěng

Character

What 逞 means

1. to show off
2. to flaunt
3. to carry out or succeed in a scheme
4. to indulge
5. to give free rein to

Example sentences

• 我不会让他们得逞的。
  I won't give them the satisfaction.

Words starting with 逞

• 逞强chěng qiángto show off; to try to be brave
• 逞能chěng néngto show off one's ability; to boast one's merits

Words containing 逞

• 得逞dé chěngto prevail; to have one's way; to get away with it
• 不逞之徒bù chěng zhī túdesperado
• 一逞兽欲yī chěng shòu yùto give way to one's beastly lust

Characters built on 呈

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

• 程chéngrule; order; regulations
• 锃zèngpolished; shiny
• 埕chéngearthen jar
• 裎chéngto take off one's clothes; naked
• 酲chéng(literary) inebriated; hungover

Characters that look like 逞

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 退tuìto retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 逆nìcontrary; opposite; backwards
• 谎huǎnglies; to lie
• 逗dòuto tease (playfully); to entice; (colloquial) to joke; (colloquial) funny; amusing

Sounds the same

Read chěng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骋to hasten; to run; to open up
• 樘a pillar
• 悜obscure
• 裎an ancient type of clothing
• 庱surname Cheng; ancient area of modern-day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province
• 𱅒variant of 骋