腾 (téng): (bound form) to gallop, to prance, (bound form) to soar, to hover, to make room, to clear out, to vacate
腾 (téng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) to gallop.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 朕 (phonetic) and 马 (semantic). It ranks #1624 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 腾 horse. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- (bound form) to gallop
- to prance
- (bound form) to soar
- to hover
- to make room
- to clear out
- to vacate
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 折腾verb | zhē teng | to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly) |
| 沸腾verb | fèi téng | (of a liquid) to boil |
| 腾出verb | téng chū | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) |
| 图腾noun | tú téng | totem (loanword) |
| 热腾腾adjective | rè téng téng | steaming hot |
| 腾空verb | téng kōng | to rise into the air |
| 闹腾verb | nào teng | to disturb |
| 翻腾verb | fān téng | (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn |
| 热气腾腾phrase | rè qì téng téng | piping hot |
| 奔腾verb | bēn téng | (of waves) to surge forward |
| 腾飞verb | téng fēi | lit. to fly upwards swiftly |
| 扑腾verb | pū teng | (onom.) thud |
| 欢腾verb | huān téng | jubilation |
| 杀气腾腾 | shā qì téng téng | ferocious |
| 腾空而起 | téng kōng ér qǐ | (idiom) to rise into the air |
腾 appears in 56 compound words: 25 as the first character, 46 as the last, and 29 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 腾 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Example Sentences
写好腾字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo téng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "腾" correctly, you need to master the proper stroke order.
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téng xùn A I zài mà rén ! nán shè jì bài nián tú piàn 5 cì xiū gǎi bù . . .
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从亏损到赚钱 速腾聚创靠机器人翻身
cóng kuī sǔn dào zhuàn qián sù téng jù chuàng kào jī qì rén fān shēn
From loss to money, Suteng Juchuang relies on robots to turn over
关税冲击 业界忧心 禁不起再折腾
guān shuì chōng jī yè jiè yōu xīn jīn bù qǐ zài zhé téng
The tariff impact has caused the industry to worry and cannot afford to toss it anymore
黄腾浩退居幕后“忙搬桌椅”! 角头团队新作怀...
huáng téng hào tuì jū mù hòu máng bān zhuō yǐ ! jiǎo tóu tuán duì xīn zuò huái . . .
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. . . guāng ; yuè zhī àn miàn chéng guó nèi zuì kuài jìn jí shí jiǎo shòu gōng sī ; pù téng xùn guān bì tiān měi méng tè lì ěr gōng zuò shì . . .
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水沸腾后变为蒸汽。
Shuǐ fèiténg hòu biànwéi zhēngqì.
Water steams when it boils.
“腾”和“乘”是叠韵关系。
"téng " hé "chéng " shì dié yùn guānxi.
'Teng' and 'Cheng' rhyme.
你能为我腾出几分钟时间吗?
Nǐ néng wèi wǒ téngchū jǐ fēnzhōng shíjiān ma?
Could you spare me a few minutes?
听到这个让我感觉热血沸腾。
Tīngdào zhège ràng wǒ gǎnjué rèxuèfèiténg.
It made my blood boil to hear that.
Character Family
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