捧
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to hold or offer with both hands; to sing the praises of; classifier for what can be held in both hands
Formation & memory
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How 捧 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
An offering 奉 made with two hands 扌; 奉 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
carry in both hands · Heisig RSH #2603
fingers + 奉 proffer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 捧
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 西子捧心 | (lit.) Xishi clasps at her heart (idiom); (fig.) a woman who is beautiful even when suffer… | |
| 捧到天上 | to praise lavishly | |
| 捧上天 | to praise to the skies; to shower with excessive praise | |
| 捧角儿 | erhua form of 捧角[peng3 jue2] | |
| 众星捧月 | lit. all the stars cup themselves around the moon (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb … | |
| 捧腹大笑 | (idiom) to split one's sides laughing | |
| 捧腹绝倒 | to laugh until it hurts; to laugh heartily | |
| 捧花 | (wedding) bouquet | |
| 受追捧 | to be eagerly sought after | |
| 捧红 | to make popular; to make famous | |
| 捧场 | to show one's support for a performer or theatrical troupe etc by attending their show; to… | |
| 捧角 | to applaud and praise a favorite actor | |
| 热捧 | a craze; a popular wave; a hit with the public | |
| 捧臭脚 | (coll.) to bootlick | |
| 捧托 | to hold up with both hands | |
| 捧杀 | to praise sb in a way that does them harm (e.g. by causing them to become complacent) | |
| 捧腹 | to split one's sides laughing; to roar with laughter; (lit.) to hold one's belly with both… | |
| 捧读 | (courteous) to read respectfully | |
| 追捧 | to exhibit great enthusiasm for sb or sth; to embrace; favor; acclaim; adulation; high dem… | |
| 吹捧 | to flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation |