撐
chēng HSK6

prop up

撑 (撐) chēng
maintain verb
to maintain, sustain, or keep something going despite difficulties

他一个人撑起了整个家。

tā yī gè rén chēng qǐ le zhěng gè jiā.

He supported the entire family on his own.

support verb
to support, prop up, or brace physically; a stay or brace

他用两只手撑着下巴。

tā yòng liǎng zhī shǒu chēng zhe xià​ba.

He rested his chin on both hands.

overfill verb
to fill to the bursting point or to feel uncomfortably full from eating

这顿饭吃得太饱，肚子都要撑爆了。

zhè dùn fàn chī de tài bǎo, dù​zi dōu yào chēng bào le.

I'm so full that I feel like my stomach is going to burst.

pole verb
to push or move a boat using a pole

老船夫在平静的湖面上撑船。

lǎo chuán​fū zài píng​jìng de hú​miàn shàng chēng chuán.

The old boatman was punting his boat on the calm lake.

unfurl verb
to open or unfurl something, such as an umbrella or sail

下雨了，快把伞撑开。

xià​yǔ le, kuài bǎ sǎn chēng kāi.

It's raining; hurry up and open the umbrella.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,183rd most common 29.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,705th most common 31.5 per million appears in 16% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
27.5 per million appears in 12% of films
Written text
28.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Simplified
撑
Strokes
15
Unicode
U+6490

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