Definitions
- 1. to support
- 2. to prop up
- 3. to push or move with a pole
- 4. to maintain
- 5. to open or unfurl
- 6. to fill to bursting point
- 7. brace
- 8. stay
- 9. support
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Collocations
撑伞 (chēng sǎn) is a common collocation meaning 'to open an umbrella', literally 'to prop up an umbrella'.
Common mistakes
Do not confuse 撑 (chēng) with 掌 (zhǎng, palm). 撑 means to prop up or support, while 掌 refers to the palm or to control.
Words Containing 撑
to prop up
push-up; press-up (exercise)
having nothing better to do
having nothing better to do
low plank (yoga pose)
plank (exercise)
to use all one's willpower (to do sth)
to keep up appearances; to put up a front
to resist
(fig.) to sustain
a pole
pole-vaulting
pole-vaulting
full to the point of bursting
to burst
pole-vaulting
pole vault
to support
to punt
to keep up appearances
to stretch taut
bracket
to make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc
burpee