撐

See also: 撑

撐 U+6490, 撐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6490 ← 撏 [U+648F] CJK Unified Ideographs 撑 → [U+6491]

Translingual

Han character

撐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手火月竹 (QFBH) or 手火月手 (QFBQ), four-corner 5905₂, composition ⿰扌牚)

References

• KangXi: page 454, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12693
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1956, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6490

Chinese

trad.		撐
simp.		撑
alternative forms		牚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rtʰaːŋ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 牚 (OC *rtʰaːŋs)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chēng (cheng¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): caang¹, caang³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhang
• Min Nan (POJ): chhng / theng / the / theⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cheng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻêng¹
    • Yale: chēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheng
    • Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: caang¹, caang³
    • Yale: chāang, chaang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsaang¹, tsaang³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cang¹, cang³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaːŋ⁵⁵/, /t͡sʰaːŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhang
    • Hakka Romanization System: cang
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cang⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhng
    • Tâi-lô: tshng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhngf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰŋ̍³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theng
    • Tâi-lô: thing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tefng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: the
    • Tâi-lô: the
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tef
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰe⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: theⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: thenn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tvef
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tʰẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰẽ⁴⁴/

Note:

• chhng/theng - literary;
• the/theⁿ - vernacular.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 撐
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ⁴⁴/ ～傘 /ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/ 支～
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰəŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡sʰəŋ²¹/
	Xining	/t͡sʰə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sʰəŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sʰɤŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰən⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰen⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/t͡sʰə̃/
	Nanjing	/t͡sʰən³¹/
	Hefei	/t͡sʰən²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰəŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰə̃ŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰã⁵³/ /t͡sʰã³⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰã⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰen³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sʰiɛ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃³¹/ /t͡sʰɛ³¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕʰiɛ¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰən³³/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sʰən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰɑŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰaŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/tʰiŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/tʰaŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰaiŋ³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/tʰẽ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/seŋ²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rtʰaːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撐
Reading #	1/1
No.	11167
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	瞠
Old Chinese	/*rtʰaːŋ/
Notes	橕分化字見漢書， 今更作撐

Definitions

撐

1. to prop up; to support
2. to push off (with a pole)

   撐船／撑船  ―  chēngchuán  ―  to pole a boat

3. to sustain; to maintain

   • 文清，你跑了，扔下這一大家子，叫我一個人撐，我怎麼辦得了啊？ [MSC, trad.]
     文清，你跑了，扔下这一大家子，叫我一个人撑，我怎么办得了啊？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1941, Cao Yu, 北京人 (Běijīngrén)

     Wénqīng, nǐ pǎo le, rēng xià zhè yī dà jiāzi, jiào wǒ yī ge rén chēng, wǒ zěnmebàn déliǎo a? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

4. to open; to unfurl

   撐開傘／撑开伞  ―  chēng kāi sǎn  ―  to open an umbrella

5. to fill to the point of bursting
6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to support

   撐警集會 [Cantonese, trad.]
   撑警集会 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2019, 2019 Hong Kong protests

   caang³ ging² zaap⁶ wui^6-2 [Jyutping]

   pro-police gathering

Compounds

• 俯臥撐／俯卧撑 (fǔwòchēng)
• 撐傘／撑伞 (chēngsǎn)
• 撐嘴／撑嘴
• 撐場／撑场
• 撐場面／撑场面 (chēng chǎngmiàn)
• 撐屎艇／撑屎艇
• 撐持／撑持 (chēngchí)

• 撐桿跳高／撑杆跳高 (chēnggān tiàogāo)
• 撐死／撑死 (chēngsǐ)
• 撐腰／撑腰 (chēngyāo)
• 撐船／撑船
• 撐艇／撑艇 (chēngtǐng)
• 撐艇仔／撑艇仔
• 撐花兒／撑花儿

• 撐警／撑警 (chēngjǐng)
• 撐門面／撑门面 (chēng ménmiàn)
• 支撐／支撑 (zhīchēng)
• 架撐／架撑
• 死撐／死撑 (sǐchēng)
• 死雞撐飯蓋／死鸡撑饭盖
• 臂撐子／臂撑子

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaang⁶

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaang⁶
    • Yale: jaahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zang⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saːŋ²²/

Definitions

撐

1. (Cantonese) to fill (a space); to expand

   佢食得太多，撐住咗個肚。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢食得太多，撑住咗个肚。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ sik⁶ dak¹ taai³ do¹, zaang⁶ zyu⁶ zo² go³ tou⁵. [Jyutping]

   He ate too much and had his stomach filled up.

   你咁肥，因住撐爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你咁肥，因住撑爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ gam³ fei⁴, jan¹ zyu⁶ zaang⁶ baau³ gin⁶ seot¹ saam¹ aa³! [Jyutping]

   You're so fat, be careful not to tear the shirt apart!

Japanese

Kanji

撐

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Support, prop up, brace.
2. The main support or pillar.
3. Eat one's fill, feast.

Readings

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: ささえる (sasaeru); あく (aku)

Korean

Hanja

撐 (eum 탱 (taeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

撐: Hán Nôm readings: sênh, sanh, xênh, xinh, xanh

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