撑 chēng

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Traditional form

撐 chēng

Contains the radical

扌 shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

hand

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰扌掌

Semantic compound

扌 shǒu

Phonetic compound

掌 zhǎng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 shǒu represents the meaning and 掌 zhǎng represents the sound. Simplified form of 撐 chēng .

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 撑 chēng in different contexts.

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别 Bié 装 zhuāng 得 dé 太 tài 多 duō ,把 bǎ 口袋 kǒu dài 撑 chēng 破 pò 了 le .

Don't stuff the sack too full or it'll burst.

雨 yǔ 伞 sǎn 使 shǐ 撑伞人 rén 免 miǎn 受雨淋 lín .

The umbrella keeps the rains off the user.

她 tā 看 kān 不 bù 出 chū 哪里 nǎ lǐ 有 yǒu 救星 jiù xīng ,她 tā 必须 bìxū 硬着头皮 yìng zhe tóu pí 苦 kǔ 撑 chēng 下去 xià qù .

There was no salvation: she would have to go through with it.

我 wǒ 在 zài 街上 jiē shang 看到她 tā 时 shí ,她 tā 手里 shǒu lǐ 撑 chēng 着 zhāo 把 bǎ 伞 sǎn .

She was holding up an umbrella when I saw her in the street.

这 zhè 几根柱子 zhù zi 撑 chēng 得 dé 住 zhù 那个 nà ge 圆形 yuán xíng 屋顶 wū dǐng 吗 mǎ ?

Are these pillars strong enough to keep up that dome?

Explore 12 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 撑 chēng in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
撑 chēng	to support	撐 chēng
支撑 zhīchēng	to prop up	支撐
俯卧撑 fǔ wò chēng	push-up	俯臥撐
撑腰 chēng yāo	to support	撐腰
硬撑 yìng chēng	to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc	硬撐
撑杆跳 chēng gān tiào	pole-vaulting	撐桿跳
撑竿跳 chēng gān tiào	pole-vaulting	撐竿跳
撑门面 chēng mén miàn	to keep up appearances	撐門面
撑杆跳高 chēng gān tiào gāo	pole-vaulting	撐桿跳高
撑杆 chēng gān	a pole	撐杆
撑场面 chēng chǎng miàn	to keep up appearances	撐場面
撑持 chēng chí	to shore up	撐持