充 (chōng): sufficient, full, to fill, to serve as, to act as
充 (chōng) is a Chinese character meaning “sufficient.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural) and 允 (structural). It ranks #690 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- sufficient
- full
- to fill
- to serve as
- to act as
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 充
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 充满verb | chōng mǎn | full of | 5 |
| 充分adjective | chōng fèn | ample | 5 |
| 补充verb | bǔ chōng | to replenish | 5 |
| 充足adjective | chōng zú | adequate | 5 |
| 充电verb | chōng diàn | to recharge (a battery) | 5 |
| 充实adjective/verb | chōng shí | rich | 6 |
| 充值 | chōng zhí | to recharge (money onto a card) | 5 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 冒充 | mào chōng | to feign |
| 充斥 | chōng chì | to be full of |
| 充当 | chōng dāng | to serve as |
| 精力充沛 | jīng lì chōng pèi | vigorous |
| 充气 | chōng qì | to pump air (into sth) |
| 填充 | tián chōng | to fill up |
| 充电器 | chōng diàn qì | battery charger |
| 充裕 | chōng yù | abundant |
| 充沛 | chōng pèi | abundant |
| 填充物 | tián chōng wù | filler |
| 充血 | chōng xuè | hyperemia (increase in blood flow) |
| 充公 | chōng gōng | to confiscate |
| 充其量 | chōng qí liàng | at most |
| 充耳不闻 | chōng ěr bù wén | to block one's ears and not listen (idiom) |
| 扩充 | kuò chōng | to expand |
充 appears in 77 compound words: 55 as the first character, 22 as the last, and 23 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 充 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use; like a pie in the sky
Showing 5 of 7 idioms containing 充.
Example Sentences
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Chōngfèn de shuìmián duì shēntǐ jiànkāng fēicháng zhòngyào.
Sufficient sleep is very important for physical health.
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你这样就是画饼充饥！
Nǐ zhèyàng jiùshì huàbǐngchōngjī!
You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!
请把它充入我的账户。
Qǐng bǎ tā chōng rù wǒ de zhànghù.
Please add it to my account.
我小睡后就感到精力充沛。
Wǒ xiǎoshuì hòu jiù gǎndào jīnglì chōngpèi.
A little nap and, just like that, I'm as fresh as a daisy.
玫瑰的香味充满了整个房间。
Méiguī de xiāngwèi chōngmǎn le zhěnggè fángjiān.
The smell of roses filled the entire room.
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