撑
to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support
15 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,102 U+6491
How 撑 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 (semantic, “hand”) + 掌 (phonetic, zhǎng)
How to remember it
prop up · Heisig RSH #1957
fingers + 掌 palm of the hand
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 撑
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的 | chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de | fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom) |
| 撑门面 | chēng mén miàn | to keep up appearances; to put up a front |
| 平板支撑 | píng bǎn zhī chēng | plank (exercise) |
| 撑场面 | chēng chǎng miàn | to keep up appearances; to put up a front |
| 吃饱了饭撑的 | chī bǎo le fàn chēng de | having nothing better to do; see 吃飽撐著|吃饱撑着 |
| 撑杆跳高 | chēng gān tiào gāo | variant of 撐竿跳高|撑竿跳高[cheng1 gan1 tiao4 gao1] |
| 四肢支撑式 | sì zhī zhī chēng shì | low plank (yoga pose) |
| 吃饱撑着 | chī bǎo chēng zhe | having nothing better to do |
| 撑开 | chēng kāi | to stretch taut; to open (an umbrella); to hold (a bag etc) open; to prop open |
| 立卧撑跳 | lì wò chēng tiào | burpee |
| 撑死 | chēng sǐ | full to the point of bursting; (coll.) at most |
| 支撑架 | zhī chēng jià | bracket |
| 强撑 | qiǎng chēng | to use all one's willpower (to do sth); to hang in there |
| 撑破 | chēng pò | to burst |
| 撑杆跳 | chēng gān tiào | variant of 撐竿跳|撑竿跳[cheng1 gan1 tiao4] |
| 撑船 | chēng chuán | to punt; to pole a boat |
| 撑竿跳高 | chēng gān tiào gāo | pole vault |
| 支撑 | zhī chēng | to prop up; to support; strut; brace |
| 硬撑 | yìng chēng | to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc |
| 撑杆 | chēng gān | a pole; a prop |