Chinese symbol for “vacate”
腾
téng
Traditional: 騰
(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for vacate is 腾 (téng), defined as: (bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 腾.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折腾 (折騰) | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again |
| 沸腾 (沸騰) | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over |
| 图腾 (圖騰) | tú téng | totem (loanword) |
| 腾飞 (騰飛) | téng fēi | lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance |
| 奔腾 (奔騰) | bēn téng | (of waves) to surge forward; to roll on in waves |
| 腾出 (騰出) | téng chū | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “vacate”.
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.