繃

Translingual

Han character

繃 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 女火山月月 (VFUBB), four-corner 2292₇, composition ⿰糹崩)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 937, character 4
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27852
Dae Jaweon: page 1376, character 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3443, character 9
Unihan data for U+7E43

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
崩	*pɯːŋ
堋	pɯːŋs, pʰɯːŋ, *bɯːŋ
漰	*pʰɯːŋ
倗	pʰɯːŋʔ, bɯːŋ, *bɯːŋs
朋	*bɯːŋ
鵬	*bɯːŋ
棚	bɯːŋ, brɯːŋ, *brɯːŋ
鬅	*bɯːŋ
掤	*pɯŋ
淜	*bɯŋ
輣	brɯːŋ, brɯːŋ
繃	prɯːŋ, prɯːŋ
弸	pʰrɯːŋ, brɯːŋ

Etymology 1

trad.		繃/綳
simp.		绷
alternative forms		䙖絣／𰬔䙀 (sling)

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēng (beng¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): bang
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): piⁿ / peⁿ / png / peng
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beng
  - Wade–Giles: pêng¹
  - Yale: bēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beng
  - Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bang¹
  - Yale: bāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: beng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: bang
  - Hakka Romanization System: bang
  - Hagfa Pinyim: bang⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /baŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: piⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvy
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /pĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: penn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pvef
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pẽ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: png
  - Tâi-lô: png
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pŋ̍³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: peng
  - Tâi-lô: ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pefng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /piɪŋ⁴⁴/

Note:

piⁿ/peⁿ - vernacular;
png/peng - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pan
  - MiniDict: pan^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pã⁵³/

Middle Chinese: peang

Rime
Character	繃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	耕 (117)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	北萌切
Baxter	peang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠɛŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚæŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/pɐŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pəɨjŋ/
Li Rong	/pɛŋ/
Wang Li	/pæŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/pæŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bēng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bang¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrəŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*prɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	繃
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bēng
Middle Chinese	‹ pɛng ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁrəŋ/
English	to bind around
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	繃	繃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	9674	9679
Phonetic component	朋	朋
Rime group	蒸	蒸
Rime subdivision	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	繃	繃
Old Chinese	/*prɯːŋ/	/*prɯːŋ/

Definitions

繃

to stretch; to draw firmly; to strap
to brace; to taut
(of an object) to spring up; to bounce
(literary, or in compounds, crafts) embroidery frame
(literary, or in compounds) bed frame
sling, piece of cloth used to carry a baby on one's back
(dialectal) to swindle; to cheat
(Internet slang) Short for 繃不住／绷不住 (bēngbùzhù, “to burst out laughing”).

Synonyms

(embroidery frame): 繃子／绷子 (bēngzi)

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad.		繃/綳
simp.		绷
alternative forms		掹 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běng (beng³)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄥˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: běng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: běng
  - Wade–Giles: pêng³
  - Yale: běng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beeng
  - Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: maang¹
  - Yale: māang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mang¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ⁵⁵/

Definitions

繃

to strain one's muscles
to pull one's face
(Cantonese) to stretch, to set up (a mosquito net, a banner, etc)
(Cantonese) Alternative form of 掹 (“to pull”)

Synonyms

(to stiffen one's face): 板 (bǎn)

Compounds

繃勁／绷劲 (běngjìn)
繃勁兒／绷劲儿
繃緊／绷紧 (bēngjǐn)
繃繃緊／绷绷紧
繃臉／绷脸 (běngliǎn)
繒繃／缯绷

Etymology 3

trad.		繃/綳
simp.		绷
alternative forms		迸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bèng (beng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baang⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèng
  - Wade–Giles: pêng⁴
  - Yale: bèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benq
  - Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baang⁶
  - Yale: baahng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baang⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bang⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːŋ²²/

Definitions

繃

(chiefly Beijing and Southwestern Mandarin, Jin) to split open; to crack; alternative form of 迸 (bèng)

Synonyms

裂 (liè)

Compounds

Etymology 4

trad.		繃/綳
simp.		绷
alternative forms		崩嘣

Some compounds are attested at least since Ming dynasty. May be related to 綁／绑 (bǎng) (in 緊綁綁／紧绑绑) used in Yuan era plays.

Mandarin dialects generally use reduplicated 邦 (bāng) instead (e.g. in 硬邦邦 (yìngbāngbāng)), also spelled 梆 (bāng) or 幫／帮 (bāng). See also Hokkien 迸 (piàng) (in 硬迸迸 (ngē-piàng-piàng), 緊迸迸／紧迸迸 (kín-piàng-piàng), etc.).

very; terribly: Same as above, but without reduplication. Used prepositively in a few collocations. Most Standard Chinese dictionaries nominally assign the bèng reading to this sense and merge it with Etymology 3, but Northeastern Mandarin and Xiang dialects where it is actually used have the dark level tone for it (corresponding to Beijing Mandarin bēng). See also 迸 (bèng, “(dialectal Mandarin) very dry; crisp; brittle”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bēng, bèng (beng¹, beng⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄥ, ㄅㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baang¹ / bang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹pan
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ben¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: beng
  - Wade–Giles: pêng¹
  - Yale: bēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beng
  - Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bèng
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bèng
  - Wade–Giles: pêng⁴
  - Yale: bèng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: benq
  - Palladius: бэн (bɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɤŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: baang¹ / bang¹
  - Yale: bāang / bāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baang¹ / bang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bang¹ / beng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːŋ⁵⁵/, /pɐŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹pan
  - MiniDict: pan^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹pan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pã⁵³/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: ben¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pən³³/

Definitions

繃

(chiefly Wu, Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin, in reduplication) intensifier used in ideophones
(Wu, Xiang, dialectal Mandarin) very; terribly

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

繃

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: ひょう (hyō)
Kan-on: ほう (hō)
Kun: たばねる (tabaneru, 繃ねる)、つかね (tsukane)、まく (maku)

Korean

Hanja

繃 • (bung) (hangeul 붕, revised bung, McCune–Reischauer pung, Yale pung)

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Vietnamese

Han character

繃: Hán Nôm readings: banh, băng, bắng

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