King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

蹭 — Chinese character

蹭
cèng
to shuffle; to procrastinate, to freeload, to dilly-dally

Pinyin
cèng
Radical
157 ⾜ (Foot)
Strokes
19
Components
足 曾
Formation
pictophonetic — foot; meaning component 足; sound component 曾

Common words with 蹭

WordPinyinMeaning
磨蹭mó cengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally
磨磨蹭蹭mó mó cèng cèngto dillydally; slow-going
刮蹭guā cèng(esp. of a vehicle) to scrape against; to sideswipe
剐蹭 (剮蹭)guǎ cèngsee 刮蹭 (guā cèng)
蹭吃cèng chīto freeload for food
蹭吃蹭喝cèng chī cèng hēto cadge a meal
蹭热度 (蹭熱度)cèng rè dù(coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity; to exploit (sb's) popularity to attract attention to oneself
蹭网 (蹭網)cèng wǎng(coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)
蹭课 (蹭課)cèng kè(coll.) to sit in on a class
蹭蹬cèng dèng(literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck
蹭车 (蹭車)cèng chē(coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money; to ride on a train or bus without buying a ticket (fare-dodging)
蹭饭 (蹭飯)cèng fàn(coll.) to mooch a meal

Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.