撑 (撐) chēng

1. chēng verb to support; to prop-up
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 支持 (CC-CEDICT '撐'; Guoyu '撐' v 1; Kroll 2015 '撐' 1a, p. 47; Mathews 1931 '撐', p. 51; Unihan '撐'; XHZD '撑' 1, p. 84)
2. chēng adjective full; stuffed [after eating]
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 饱 (Guoyu '撐' adj)
3. chēng verb to push off [with a ppole]; to punt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '撐'; Mathews 1931 '撐', p. 51; Guoyu '撐' v 2; Kroll 2015 '撐' 2, p. 47; Unihan '撐'; XHZD '撑' 2, p. 84)
4. chēng verb to stretch; to fill to bursting
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Mathews 1931 '撐', p. 51; XHZD '撑' 3, p. 84)
5. chēng verb to unfurl; to open
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 张开; for example, 撑伞 open an umbrella (Guoyu '撐' v 3; XHZD '撑' 4, p. 85)
6. chēng noun a strut; a brace; a timber support
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Especially, one placed at an angle (Kroll 2015 '撐' 1, p. 47)

Contained in

• 吃饱撑着(吃飽撐著) having nothing better to do
• 支撑危局(支撐危局) provide support in a perilous situation
• 撑杆跳高(撐桿跳高) pole vaulting
• 撑天柱地(撐天柱地) to hold up the sky and support the earth
• 撑起来(撐起來) to support in standing up
• 撑船(撐船) to punt; to pole a boat
• 撑持(撐持) to support; to shore up
• 平板支撑(平板支撐) plank (exercise)
• 俯卧撑(俯臥撐) press-up (physical exercise); push-up
• 支撑(支撐) to prop up; to support ; to preserve; to maintain
• 撑竿跳(撐竿跳) pole-vaulting
• 撑篙(撐篙) to push a boat with a pole
• 枝撑(枝撐) to prop up
• 撑门面(撐門面) to keep up appearances; to put up a front
• 撑天拄地(撐天拄地) to hold up the sky and support the earth
• 硬撑(硬撐) to make oneself do something in spite of adversity, pain etc
• 撑腰(撐腰) to support
• 撑得主(撐得主) able to support
• 撑竿跳高(撐竿跳高) pole vaulting
• 吃饱了饭撑的(吃飽了飯撐的) having nothing better to do
• 撑死胆大的，饿死胆小的(撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的) fullness for the bold, famine for the timid
• 撑场面(撐場面) to keep up appearances; to put up a front
• 四肢支撑式(四肢支撐式) low plank (yoga pose)
• 撑渡(撐渡) to punt a ferry across a river
• 撑伞(撐傘) to open an umbrella
• 支撑架(支撐架) bracket
• 撑破(撐破) to burst
• 撑死(撐死) full to the point of bursting; at most
• 撑杆跳(撐桿跳) pole-vaulting
• 撑杆(撐杆) a pole; a prop
• 撑拒(撐拒) to resist; to struggle; to sustain

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第一百六回 Chapter 106 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 8
• 第二回 Chapter 40 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
• 第九十八回 Chapter 98 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 第三十八回 Chapter 38 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 4
• 第十五回 Chapter 15 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 4
• 第七回 Chapter 7 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 3
• 第十九回 Chapter 19 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
• 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 2
• 第一百二回 Chapter 102 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 2
• 卷九十四上 匈奴傳 Volume 94a: Traditions of the Xiongnu 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 2

Collocations

• 撑驾 (撐駕) 阮小七撐駕小船 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十九回 Chapter 19 — count: 11
• 撑开 (撐開) 喚打傘的撐開那把銀葫蘆頂茶褐羅三簷涼傘來 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十三回 Chapter 13 — count: 8
• 船撑 (船撐) 當下三隻船撐到水亭下荷花蕩中 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 5
• 撑拢 (撐攏) 只見江上漁船都撐攏來到岸邊 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三十八回 Chapter 38 — count: 5
• 撑起 (撐起) 楊陵在城上撐起懸空板 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第九十二回 Chapter 92 — count: 4
• 撑住 (撐住) 撐住二門 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第五十一回 Chapter 51 — count: 3
• 篙撑 (篙撐) 把鐵篙撐開 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第六十一回 Chapter 61 — count: 3
• 撑到 (撐到) 當下三隻船撐到水亭下荷花蕩中 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十五回 Chapter 15 — count: 3
• 人撑 (人撐) 止著三五人撐駕搖櫓 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十三回 Chapter 83 — count: 3
• 撑拄 (撐拄) 數輩相撐拄 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三百二十一 列傳第八十 鄭獬 陳襄 錢公輔 孫洙 豐稷 呂誨 劉述 劉琦 錢顗 鄭俠 Volume 321 Biographies 80: Zheng Xie, Chen Xiang, Qian Gongfu, Sun Zhu, Feng Ji, Lu Hui, Liu Shu, Liu Qi, Qian Yi, Zheng Xia — count: 2