凳 (dèng): bench, stool
凳 (dèng) is a Chinese character meaning “bench.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 登 (phonetic) and 几 (semantic). It ranks #2550 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 凳 table. Its radical form 几 (table) appears in many related characters such as 几 (jī, small table), 凭 (píng, to lean against), 凡 (fán, ordinary).
Definitions
- bench
- stool
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 凳子 | dèng zi | stool |
| 板凳 | bǎn dèng | wooden bench or stool |
| 长凳 | cháng dèng | pew |
| 坐冷板凳 | zuò lěng bǎn dèng | to hold an inconsequential job |
| 老虎凳 | lǎo hǔ dèng | tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizontally along a bench, upper legs held d... |
| 三角凳 | sān jiǎo dèng | three-legged stool |
| 条凳 | tiáo dèng | bench |
| 桌椅板凳 | zhuō yǐ bǎn dèng | chairs and tables |
| 脚凳 | jiǎo dèng | footstool |
| 春凳 | chūn dèng | (old) wooden bench |
| 椅凳 | yǐ dèng | bench |
| 杌凳 | wù dèng | Chinese-style low stool |
| 矮凳 | ǎi dèng | low stool |
| 兀凳 | wù dèng | Chinese-style low stool |
凳 appears in 14 compound words: 7 as the first character, 93 as the last, and 0 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 凳 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
凳字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
dèng zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The way the character for "stool" is written is quite unique and left a deep impression on me.
PLG》卢峻翔板凳出发拿23分 领航猿逆转勇士例行赛封王获...
P L G Lú jùn xiáng bǎn dèng chū fā ná 2 3 fēn lǐng háng 猿 nì zhuǎn yǒng shì lì háng sài fēng wáng huò . . .
用金牌当屏保,宁忠岩不过是把冷板凳坐热
yòng jīn pái dāng bǐng bǎo , nìng zhōng yán bù guò shì bǎ lěng bǎn dèng zuò rè
By using his gold medal as a screen saver, Ning Zhongyan is merely warming up a cold bench
为什么你把长凳漆成红色了？
Wèishénme nǐ bǎ chángdèng qī chéng hóngsè le?
Why did you paint the bench red?
猫在凳子上还是凳子下？
Māo zài dèngzi shàng háishi dèngzi xià?
Is the cat on or under the chair?
老人闭上双眼，在长凳上坐着。
Lǎorén bìshang shuāngyǎn, zài chángdèng shàng zuò zhe.
The old man sat on the bench with his eyes closed.
他和他朋友坐在长凳上。
Tā hé tā péngyou zuò zài chángdèng shàng.
He and his friend sat on the bench.
我会在那盏街灯旁边的长凳上坐下来。
Wǒ huì zài nà zhǎn jiēdēng pángbiān de chángdèng shàng zuòxia lái.
I'm going to sit on the bench over there next to the street lamp.
站在这个凳子上的话，你可以摸到衣柜顶。
Zhàn zài zhège dèngzi shàng dehuà, nǐ kěyǐ mō dào yīguì dǐng.
If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.
汤姆和玛丽在长凳上交换了位置。
Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì zài chángdèng shàng jiāohuàn le wèizhi.
Tom and Mary switched places on the bench.
Character Family
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