耸 (sǒng): to excite, to raise up, to shrug
耸 (sǒng) is a Chinese character meaning “to excite.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 从 (phonetic) and 耳 (semantic). It ranks #2115 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 耸 ear. Its radical form 耳 (ear) appears in many related characters such as 闻 (wén, to hear, to smell), 职 (zhí, job, duty), 联 (lián, connect, unite).
Definitions
- to excite
- to raise up
- to shrug
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 耸肩 | sǒng jiān | to shrug one's shoulders |
| 耸人听闻 | sǒng rén tīng wén | to sensationalize (idiom) |
| 高耸 | gāo sǒng | erect |
| 危言耸听 | wēi yán sǒng tīng | frightening words to scare people (idiom) |
| 耸立 | sǒng lì | to stand tall |
| 高耸入云 | gāo sǒng rù yún | tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom) |
| 危辞耸听 | wēi cí sǒng tīng | to startle sb with scary tale |
| 耸动 | sǒng dòng | to shake (a part of one's body) |
耸 appears in 8 compound words: 50 as the first character, 13 as the last, and 38 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 耸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
这个耸字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě sǒng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "耸" carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
跑姿得体就行,不要弯背,不要耸肩。
pǎo zī dé tǐ jiù háng , bù yāo wān bèi , bù yāo sǒng jiān .
Just make sure your running form is proper—don't hunch your back or shrug your shoulders.
专家普遍认为,《簪花仕女图》卷中所呈现出的女子高耸发髻,使用了这种义髻。
zhuān jiā pǔ biàn rèn wéi , 簪 huā shì nǚ tú juǎn zhōng suǒ chéng xiàn chū de nǚ zǐ gāo sǒng fā 髻 , shǐ yòng le zhè zhǒng yì 髻 .
Experts generally agree that the high buns worn by the women depicted in the *Scroll of Court Ladies Adorning Their Hair with Flowers* were created using this type of artificial bun.
当晚,灯光明亮,岩壁高耸,赵一程与队友龙见国“顶峰相见”。
dāng wǎn , dēng guāng míng liàng , yán bì gāo sǒng , zhào yī chéng yǔ duì yǒu lóng jiàn guó dǐng fēng xiāng jiàn .
That evening, under the bright lights and against the towering rock face, Zhao Yicheng and his teammate Long Jianguo “met at the summit.”
直到生成式 AI 拆掉了视频制作高耸的门槛,普通人才有了比肩大师的工具。
zhí dào shēng chéng shì A I chāi diào le shì pín zhì zuò gāo sǒng de mén jiàn , pǔ tōng rén cái yǒu le bǐ jiān dà shī de gōng jù .
It wasn’t until generative AI broke down the high barriers to video production that ordinary people finally had the tools to rival the masters.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 耳 (ear) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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