(pěng)

HSK 7-911 strokes

to hold or offer with both hands

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
pěng
Meaning
to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
Strokes
11
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰扌奉

An offering 奉 made with two hands 扌; 奉 also provides the pronunciation

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write step by step

11 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

chuīpěng
HSK 7-9

to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation

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pěngchǎng
HSK 7-9

to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending…

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pěnggén

straight man (supporting role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 …

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(idiom) to split one's sides laughing

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to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants

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lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view …

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(lit.) Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom)

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zhuīpěng

to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace

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