腾
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(bound form) to gallop; to prance; (bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)
Formation & memory
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How to remember it
take flight · Heisig RSH #2904
flesh + quarter + 马 horse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 腾
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马化腾 | Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent | |
| 腾空而起 | (idiom) to rise into the air | |
| 腾出手 | to get one's hands free (to do sth else) | |
| 飞黄腾达 | lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's … | |
| 腾格里 | Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology | |
| 博斯腾湖 | Bosten Lake in Xinjiang | |
| 克什克腾 | Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia | |
| 克什克腾旗 | Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia | |
| 腾冲市 | Tengchong, a county-level city in Baoshan City 保山市[Bao3 shan1 Shi4], Yunnan | |
| 腾出 | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) | |
| 腾空 | to rise into the air; to become airborne | |
| 腾格里沙漠 | Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia | |
| 汗腾格里峰 | Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan | |
| 热气腾腾 | piping hot | |
| 万马奔腾 | lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom); fig. going full steam ahead | |
| 古腾堡计划 | Project Gutenberg | |
| 杀气腾腾 | ferocious; murderous-looking | |
| 图腾 | totem (loanword) | |
| 飞腾 | to fly swiftly upward; to soar | |
| 腾飞 | lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance; rapidly developing (situation) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 朕 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朕 sound part | the royal "we", for imperial use | |
| 媵 | concubine; escort; a maid who accompanies a bride to her new home |