躺 (tǎng): to recline, to lie down
躺 (tǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “to recline.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 身 (semantic) and 尚 (phonetic). It ranks #1597 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 躺 body. Its radical form 身 (body) appears in many related characters such as 身 (shēn, body), 躲 (duǒ, to hide), 躬 (gōng, (literary) body (of a human, esp. the torso)).
Definitions
- to recline
- to lie down
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 躺椅 | tǎng yǐ | deck chair |
| 躺倒 | tǎng dǎo | to lie down |
| 躺着也中枪 | tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng | (Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down |
| 躺下 | tǎng xià | to lie down |
| 躺平 | tǎng píng | to lie stretched out |
| 地躺拳 | dì tǎng quán | Di Tang Quan - "Ground-Prone Fist" |
| 躺枪 | tǎng qiāng | (neologism c. 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despite having done nothing to deserve it |
| 侧躺 | cè tǎng | to lie down (on one's side) |
| 躺尸 | tǎng shī | (deprecatory) to lie motionless (asleep, drunk, lazing etc) |
| 仰躺 | yǎng tǎng | to lie on one's back |
| 横躺 | héng tǎng | to lie flat |
| 躺赢 | tǎng yíng | to win without needing to even lift a finger |
| 葛优躺 | gě yōu tǎng | see 北京癱|北京瘫[Bei3 jing1 tan1] |
| 斜躺 | xié tǎng | to recline |
| 横躺竖卧 | héng tǎng shù wò | to lie down all over the place |
躺 appears in 15 compound words: 53 as the first character, 33 as the last, and 13 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 躺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
这个躺字在古汉语中有不同的含义。
zhè gě tǎng zì zài gǔ hàn yǔ zhōng yǒu bù tóng de hán yì .
The character "躺" (liǎng) carries different meanings in classical Chinese.
躺着赚钱!上海办睡觉比赛 首奖3千元人民币...
tǎng zhe zhuàn qián ! shàng hǎi bàn shuì jué bǐ sài shǒu jiǎng 3 qiān yuán rén mín bì . . .
Make money while you sleep! Shanghai hosts a sleeping contest with a first prize of 3,000 yuan...
小南躺床上流白色分泌物正常吗?性梦后分泌透明液...
xiǎo nán tǎng chuáng shàng liú bái sè fēn mì wù zhèng cháng ma ? xìng mèng hòu fēn mì tòu míng yè . . .
Is it normal for Xiaonan to have white discharge on the bed? Secretion of transparent fluid after sexual dreams...
...预测今年GDP上升至3.5% 指港企“无躺平”
. . . yù cè jīn nián G D P shàng shēng zhì 3 . 5 zhǐ gǎng qǐ wú tǎng píng
... GDP is predicted to rise to 3.5% this year, indicating that Hong Kong enterprises "do not lie flat"
不只0050能躺赚!吴淡如传授存下“千万退休金”神操作 ...
bù zhī 0 0 5 0 néng tǎng zhuàn ! wú dàn rú chuán shòu cún xià qiān wàn tuì xiū jīn shén cāo zuò . . .
Not only 0050 can lie down and earn! Wu Danru taught the god operation of saving "tens of millions of pensions"...
饭店一晚6000 大厅却躺死蟑螂 浴巾泛黄又湿
fàn diàn yī wǎn 6 0 0 0 dà tīng què tǎng sǐ 蟑 螂 yù jīn fàn huáng yòu shī
The hotel is 6,000 a night, but the lobby is lying dead, and the bath towel is yellow and wet
她刚结束，就躺下打了个盹儿。
Tā gāng jiéshù, jiù tǎngxià dǎ le gè dǔn r.
The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
恭子正躺在草地上。
Gōng zǐ zhèng tǎng zài cǎodì shàng.
Kyoko is lying on the grass.
老虎躺在笼子的中间。
Lǎohǔ tǎng zài lóngzi de zhōngjiān.
The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.
汤姆发烧了，正躺在床上。
Tāngmǔ fāshāo le, zhèng tǎng zài chuáng shàng.
Tom is in bed with a fever.
Character Family
身 Radical Family — Characters sharing the body radical
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