Chinese symbol for “recline”
躺
tǎng
to recline; to lie down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for recline is 躺 (tǎng), defined as: to recline; to lie down.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “recline”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 躺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 躺椅 | tǎng yǐ | deck chair; recliner |
| 横躺 (橫躺) | héng tǎng | to lie flat |
| 躺倒 | tǎng dǎo | to lie down |
| 斜躺 | xié tǎng | to recline |
| 躺平 | tǎng píng | to lie stretched out; (neologism, attested by 2021) to opt out of the rat race |
| 仰躺 | yǎng tǎng | to lie on one's back |
See also: Japanese symbol for “recline”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.