支棱 zhīleng to stick up Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 支 zhī to protrude to protrude; to stick out; to raise or cock upward, such as ears棱 lēng [phonetic] (bound form) used in descriptive compounds such as 刺棱 cīlēng, 花不棱登 huābulēngdēng, or 扑棱 pūlēng