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CHINESE CHARACTER

cèng

蹭

蹭

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to rub against

Numbered pinyin
ceng4
English meanings
to rub against, to walk slowly, to freeload (colloquial)

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 足; right 曾.

Meaning & sound clues

足 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “foot”.

曾 is identified as the sound component (céng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 蹭.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰足曾

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    cèng蹭fàn饭。

    Get a free meal.

  2. 02

    cèng蹭yī一xià下。

    Scrape against.

  3. 03

    cèng蹭wǎng网。

    Use someone's Wi-Fi.

  4. 04

    cèng蹭pò破pí皮。

    Scraped the skin.

  5. 05

    bié别cèng蹭lái来cèng蹭qù去。

    Don't keep rubbing.

  6. 06

    ràng让kāi开yī一diǎn点。

    Move aside a bit.

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