撑

chēng · cheng

Traditional 撐

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to support
  2. to prop up
  3. to push or move with a pole
  4. to maintain
  5. to open or unfurl
  6. to fill to bursting point
  7. brace
  8. stay
  9. support

In a sentence

2 examples
01

骆(luò)驼(tuo)可(kě)以(yǐ)撑(chēng)很(hěn)久(jiǔ)不(bù)吃(chī)不(bù)喝(hē)。

The camel can go a long time without water and food.

Tatoeba: Chinese by corina · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)用(yòng)手(shǒu)撑(chēng)着(zhe)下(xià)巴(ba),认(rèn)真(zhēn)听(tīng)讲(jiǎng)。

He propped his chin on his hand and listened carefully.

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