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chěng

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chěng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chěng | cheng3
English translation
indulge oneself; brag, show off

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About chěng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

chěng

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

walk

Etymology of chěng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶呈

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

chéng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and chéng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chěng

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知道 zhīdào shì 不幸 bù xìng de , 尽管 jǐnguǎn zuǐ shǎng 逞强 chěng qiáng .

I know she's unhappy, all her brave talk to the contrary.

如果 rúguǒ 存心 cún xīn yāo ràng 不得 bù dé 安宁 Ānníng 的话 de huà shì 得逞 dé chěng le

If he's trying to rattle your cage, it's working.

住手 zhù shǒu 佩里已经 yǐjīng 逞过英雄 yīngxióng le 现在 xiànzài 一切 yīqiè dōu 结束 jiéshù 了。

Cut it out, Perry. You've performed your heroics. It's all over now.

Words with chěng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
得逞 dé chěng to prevail得逞 dé chěng
chěng to show off chěng
逞强 chěng qiáng to show off逞強
逞能 chěng néng to show off one's ability逞能 chěng néng
不逞之徒 bù chěng zhī tú desperado不逞之徒 bù chěng zhī tú

chěng Decomposition & Compounds

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