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Pinyin: chēngEnglish Definition: to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; supportChinese Definition: ①支着，支持：撑竿跳。支撑。撑持(勉强支持)。撑腰(喻给予有力支持)。撑拒。撑门面。
②用篙使船前进：撑船。
③使张开：撑伞。撑口袋。
④使保持张开状态的器物：撑子。撑圈(quān)。
⑤饱胀到容不下的程度：吃撑着了。口袋撑破了。Total strokes: 15;
Radical: 手 Pictophonetic:
掌 indicates the sound;
扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
- ⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 掌 [ zhǎng ] in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot
Example Words:
支撑 [
zhī chēng ]: to prop up; to support; strut; brace
Example Sentences- 我男朋友到现在还在说我有一次穿了一双很时髦的高跟鞋，陪他去看他最喜欢的乐队，最后在乐队上台之前就不得不拖着他离开，因为我的脚已经撑不住了。
My boyfriend still reminds me of the time I wore a pair of sassy heels out to see his favorite band and made him leave before they even went onstage because my feet had turned into bleeding stumps.
- 当你走过一扇们时，看看是否可以为下一个要进来人撑一下门。
As you walk through a door, look to see if you can hold it open for someone else.
- 在他最后做出想要交流的努力后，还撑了可怕的最后一天半。
After his final attempt to communicate, he lasted one and a half horrible days.
- 我以为怎么能撑个三五天的吧。
I thought he would last 3-5 days.
- 我已经有点撑，不能再吃了。
I'm rather full and can't eat any more.
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