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Meaning of 繃

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(Simplified: 绷)Polyphone (多音字)
Total strokes: 17; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (thread) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] silk; thread
    • [ bēng ] to rupture, to split apart; to collapse; death, demise
Similar Characters:
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Pinyin: bēng
English Definition:to draw tight; to stretch taut; to tack (with thread or pin); embroidery hoop; woven bed mat
Chinese Definition:
①张紧,拉紧:绷紧。小褂紧绷在身上。
②当中用藤皮、棕绳等物绷紧的竹木框:床绷。棕绷。绣绷。绷子。
③一种缝纫方法,粗粗缝上或用针别上:绷被头。
④束,包扎:绷带。
⑤(物体)猛然弹起:绷簧。绷弓子。
⑥勉强支持:绷场面。
⑦方言,骗财物:坑绷拐骗。

Example Words:
繃帶 bēng dài bandage (loanword)
繃子 bēng zi embroidery frame; hoop; tambour
繃緊 bēng jǐn to stretch taut
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2
Pinyin: běng
English Definition:to have a taut face
Chinese Definition:
①板着,强忍着:绷劲。绷着脸。
Example Words:
繃著臉 běng zhe liǎn to have a taut face; to pull a long face; to look displeased
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Example Sentences
1
The bowstring is stretched taut.
2
My throat tightened.
3
The bowstring must be drawn tight.
4
When the box was opened, the spring jumped out.
5
This is why your muscles tighten before orgasm.