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cèng

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cèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cèng | ceng4
English translation
to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally

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About cèng

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

cèng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of cèng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足曾

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Zēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Zēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cèng

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男孩 nán hái 摔倒 shuāidǎo shí 膝盖 xīgài cèng le .

That boy scraped his knee when he slipped and fell.

他们 tā men 磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng 不肯 wǎng qián zǒu , jiù zài zhè tiān 晚上 wǎnshang ,他们 tā men kāi le 小差, gāng zhāo 搬运 bān yùn de 东西 dōngxī liū 走了 —— 地道 dìdào de 抗命 kàng mìng 叛逃 pàn táo .

They jibbed, sneaked off with their load in the night - quite a muting.

dōu shì lǎo 磨蹭 mó ceng ,害得 hài de 我们 wǒmen 迟到 chídào le .

It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.

zhè zhǐ shòu 皮包 pí bāo de xiǎo māo 赖着 zǒu , zài 我们 wǒmen de jiǎo biān cèng lái cèng , jiào tǐng 凄凉 qīliáng de .

The scrawny kitten lingered, brushing itself against our legs, and meowing plaintively.

zǒu 这么 zhè me màn ,辈子 bèi zi Néng cèng dào jiā ya ?

You'll never get home if you drag along like this.

Words with cèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cèng to rub against cèng
磨蹭 mó ceng to rub lightly磨蹭 mó ceng
磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng to dillydally磨磨蹭蹭 mó mó cèng cèng

cèng Decomposition & Compounds

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