捧
pěng HSK7

hold up in two hands

捧 pěng
to hold with both hands verb
To hold, carry, or offer something level in both hands; to cup one's hands around something

她正捧着一只鸟。

tā zhèng pěng zhe yī zhī niǎo.

She's holding a bird in her hands.

很多人喜欢手里实实在在捧着一本书的感觉。

hěn​duō rén xǐ​huan shǒu​lǐ shí​shí​zài​zài pěng zhe yī běn shū de gǎn​jué.

A lot of people like the feel of having a real book in their hands.

to flatter verb
To boost or exalt someone; to sing the praises of or flatter someone; to play up to someone to make them popular
[handful]
A measure word for the amount of material that can be held or carried in both hands cupped together
to clutch
To press one's hands against one's chest or stomach (e.g. as a result of pain or laughter)

Cross-References

Referenced by

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,353rd most common 23.4 per million
Movie subtitles
2,721st most common 5.85 per million appears in 4% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
4.86 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
31.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6367

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)