篷 (péng): sail
篷 (péng) is a Chinese character meaning “sail.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (semantic) and 逢 (phonetic). It ranks #2471 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 篷 bamboo. Its radical form 竹 (bamboo) appears in many related characters such as 笑 (xiào, to laugh), 第 (dì, (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六 "sixth")), 等 (děng, to wait for).
Definitions
- sail
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 帐篷noun | zhàng peng | tent |
| 斗篷noun | dǒu peng | cloak |
| 敞篷车noun | chǎng péng chē | a convertible |
| 大篷车noun | dà péng chē | covered truck |
| 篷车noun | péng chē | covered truck |
| 防毒斗篷 | fáng dú dǒu péng | protective cape |
| 天篷noun | tiān péng | canopy |
| 篷盖布 | péng gài bù | tarpaulin fabric |
| 篷布noun | péng bù | tarpaulin |
| 船篷noun | chuán péng | ship's sail |
| 敞篷汽车 | chǎng péng qì chē | convertible (car) |
| 篷顶 | péng dǐng | canopy |
| 檐篷noun | yán péng | (HK) canopy |
篷 appears in 13 compound words: 31 as the first character, 46 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 篷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
船篷遮挡着阳光。
Chuán péng zhēdǎng zhe yángguāng.
The boat sail shields from the sunlight.
露营8年首见!苗栗狂风吹残帐篷、苦主哭回家 众惊:这顶竟稳住
lù yíng 8 nián shǒu jiàn ! miáo 栗 kuáng fēng chuī cán zhàng péng , kǔ zhǔ kū huí jiā zhòng jīng : zhè dǐng jìng wěn zhù
A first in 8 years of camping! Strong winds in Miaoli destroy tents; victims return home in tears—but everyone is amazed: this one actually held up
以色列空袭加沙帐篷营地 造成一死七伤
yǐ sè liè kōng xí jiā shā zhàng péng yíng dì zào chéng yī sǐ qī shāng
Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in Gaza leaves one dead and seven injured
越南籍女游客搭开篷巴士观光晕倒 昏迷送院抢救
yuè nán jí nǚ yóu kè dā kāi péng bā shì guàn guāng yūn dǎo hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù
A female tourist from Vietnam fainted while sightseeing on an open-top bus; she was taken to the hospital in a coma for emergency treatment
尖沙咀开篷巴士越南女游客晕倒 昏迷送院抢救
jiān shā jǔ kāi péng bā shì yuè nán nǚ yóu kè yūn dǎo hūn mí sòng yuàn qiǎng jiù
Vietnamese Tourist Faints on Open-Top Bus in Tsim Sha Tsui; Taken to Hospital in Unconscious State for Emergency Treatment
搭帐篷花了我们半小时。
Dā zhàngpeng huā le wǒmen bànxiǎoshí.
It took us half an hour to set up the tent.
他们在找一个可以搭帐篷的地方。
Tāmen zài zhǎo yī gè kěyǐ dā zhàngpeng de dìfang.
They were looking for a place at which they could pitch the tent.
学校会提供帐篷给我们。
Xuéxiào huì tígōng zhàngpeng gěi wǒmen.
The school will provide tents for us.
我开一辆敞篷车。
Wǒ kāi yī liàng chǎngpéngchē.
I drive a convertible.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺮ (bamboo) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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