蹦 (bèng): to jump, to bounce, to hop

蹦 (bèng) is a Chinese character meaning “to jump.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 足 (semantic) and 崩 (phonetic). It ranks #2658 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 蹦 foot. Its radical form 足 (foot) appears in many related characters such as 跑 (pǎo, to run), 跟 (gēn, follow, heel), 路 (lù, road).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. to jump
  2. to bounce
  3. to hop

Etymology & Origin

蹦

pictophoneticfoot

Decomposition: ⿰足崩 (layout: left-right)

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
活蹦乱跳adjectivehuó bèng luàn tiàoto leap and frisk about (idiom)
蹦蹦跳跳phrasebèng bèng tiào tiàobouncing and vivacious
欢蹦乱跳adjectivehuān bèng luàn tiàoglowing with health and vivacity (idiom)
蹦出来bèng chū laito crop up
三蹦子sān bèng zi(coll.) motorized three-wheeler
蹦高儿bèng gāo rerhua variant of 蹦高
蹦高verbbèng gāoto jump
蹦儿nounbèng rerhua variant of 蹦
蹦蹦儿车bèng bèng r chēmotor tricycle (onom. bang-bang car)
蹦达bèng davariant of 蹦躂|蹦跶
蹦极nounbèng jí(loanword) bungee jumping
蹦跳verbbèng tiàoto hop
蹦床nounbèng chuángtrampoline
蹦迪verbbèng dídisco dancing
蹦跶verbbèng da(coll.) to jump about
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Total compounds
75
As first character
6
As last character
19
As middle character

蹦 appears in 16 compound words: 75 as the first character, 6 as the last, and 19 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 蹦 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

床chuáng
0.5711,283 co-occurrences
跳tiào
0.537764 co-occurrences
趴pā
0.51870 co-occurrences
稻dào
0.452140 co-occurrences
锦jǐn
0.404106 co-occurrences
极jí
0.402154 co-occurrences
啊a
0.36124 co-occurrences
绳shéng
0.34614 co-occurrences
蛙wā
0.34220 co-occurrences
妖yāo
0.32532 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (3)

蹦蹦跳跳bèngbèngtiàotiàoHSK 7+

bouncing and vivacious

phrase
欢蹦乱跳huānbèng luàntiàoHSK 7+

alive and kicking

adjective
活蹦乱跳huóbèngluàntiàoHSK 7+

alive and kicking

adjective

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

蹦字由18笔画组成,结构很巧妙。

bèng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "蹦" consists of 18 strokes and has a very clever structure.

少数派May 2026

如果在社交平台上搜索手工床垫,除了广告外最多的贴子便是吐槽要起居要蹦上跳下。

rú guǒ zài shè jiāo píng tái shàng sōu suǒ shǒu gōng chuáng diàn , chú le guǎng gào wài zuì duō de tiē zǐ biàn shì tǔ cáo yāo qǐ jū yāo bèng shàng tiào xià .

If you search for "handmade mattresses" on social media, aside from ads, most of the posts are complaints about having to jump up and down to get in and out of bed.

99 健康网Feb 2026

游客玩蹦极因恐高半空中晕厥,园方回应:身体无碍,...

yóu kè wán bèng jí yīn kǒng gāo bàn kōng zhōng yūn 厥 , yuán fāng huí yīng : shēn tǐ wú ài , . . .

Tourists fainted in mid-air for fear of bungee jumping, and the park responded: the body is fine,...

Tatoeba

我的六十岁的房东为什么买了一个蹦床?

Wǒ de liùshí suì de fángdōng wèishénme mǎi le yī gè bèngchuáng?

Why did my sixty-year-old landlord buy a trampoline?

Tatoeba

汤姆在蹦床上跳了几个后空翻。

Tāngmǔ zài bèngchuáng shàng tiào le jǐge hòukōngfān.

Tom did some backflips on the trampoline.

Character Family

Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 足 (foot) component

Homophones — Characters pronounced bèng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 蹦 (bèng) mean in Chinese?
蹦 (bèng) primarily means "to jump." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2658 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 蹦 have?
蹦 is written with 18 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 蹦?
The radical associated with 蹦 is 足 (foot). This radical appears in many characters related to foot.
What are the components of 蹦?
蹦 is composed of: 足 (semantic), 崩 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰足崩 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 蹦?
Common words with 蹦 include: 活蹦乱跳 (huó bèng luàn tiào, "to leap and frisk about (idiom)"); 蹦蹦跳跳 (bèng bèng tiào tiào, "bouncing and vivacious"); 欢蹦乱跳 (huān bèng luàn tiào, "glowing with health and vivacity (idiom)"); 蹦出来 (bèng chū lai, "to crop up"); 三蹦子 (sān bèng zi, "(coll.) motorized three-wheeler"). There are over 16 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 蹦 (bèng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation bèng: 崩 (to collapse), 绷 (to draw tight). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 蹦 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 蹦 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.