撑 — Chinese character
撑
chēng
to support, to prop up, to brace; overflowing
- Pinyin
- chēng
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 15
- Components
- 扌 掌
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hand; meaning component 扌; sound component 掌
- Traditional
- 撐
Common words with 撑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 支撑 (支撐) | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support |
| 撑腰 (撐腰) | chēng yāo | to support; to brace |
| 俯卧撑 (俯臥撐) | fǔ wò chēng | push-up; press-up (exercise) |
| 硬撑 (硬撐) | yìng chēng | to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc |
| 撑开 (撐開) | chēng kāi | to stretch taut; to open (an umbrella) |
| 撑伞 (撐傘) | chēng sǎn | to hold up an umbrella |
| 撑持 (撐持) | chēng chí | (fig.) to sustain; to shore up |
| 撑死 (撐死) | chēng sǐ | full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most |
| 撑杆跳 (撐杆跳) | chēng gān tiào | variant of 撑竿跳 (chēng gān tiào) |
| 撑船 (撐船) | chēng chuán | to punt; to pole a boat |
| 撑破 (撐破) | chēng pò | to burst |
| 撑杆跳高 (撐杆跳高) | chēng gān tiào gāo | variant of 撑竿跳高 (chēng gān tiào gāo) |
English words written with 撑
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