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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).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

腾 téng
to fly, to soar; to gallop, to prance; rising, steaming
radical 130 ⾁ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 腾.

WordPinyinMeaning
折腾 (折騰)zhē tengto 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 téngtotem (loanword)
腾飞 (騰飛)téng fēilit. 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 chūto 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.

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