腾
(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)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,315 U+817E
How 腾 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
马 (semantic, “horse”) + 朕 (phonetic, zhèn)
How to remember it
take flight · Heisig RSH #2904
flesh + quarter + 马 horse
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 朕
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 朕 (zhèn) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朕 sound component | zhèn | the royal "we", for imperial use |
| 媵 | yìng | concubine; escort; a maid who accompanies a bride to her new home |
Words containing 腾
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马化腾 | Mǎ Huà téng | Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent |
| 腾空而起 | téng kōng ér qǐ | (idiom) to rise into the air |
| 腾出手 | téng chū shǒu | to get one's hands free (to do sth else) |
| 飞黄腾达 | Fēi huáng téng dá | lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom); fig. to achieve meteoric success in one's … |
| 腾格里 | Téng gé lǐ | Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology |
| 博斯腾湖 | Bó sī téng Hú | Bosten Lake in Xinjiang |
| 克什克腾 | Kè shí kè téng | Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia |
| 克什克腾旗 | Kè shí kè téng qí | Hexigten banner or Kesigüten khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia |
| 腾冲市 | Téng chōng Shì | Tengchong, a county-level city in Baoshan City 保山市[Bao3 shan1 Shi4], Yunnan |
| 腾出 | téng chū | to make (some time or space) available (for sb) |
| 腾空 | téng kōng | to rise into the air; to become airborne |
| 腾格里沙漠 | Téng gé lǐ Shā mò | Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia |
| 汗腾格里峰 | Hán téng gé lǐ Fēng | Khan Tengri or Mt Hantengri on the border between Xinjiang and Kazakhstan |
| 热气腾腾 | rè qì téng téng | piping hot |
| 万马奔腾 | wàn mǎ bēn téng | lit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom); fig. going full steam ahead |
| 杀气腾腾 | shā qì téng téng | ferocious; murderous-looking |
| 古腾堡计划 | Gǔ téng bǎo Jì huà | Project Gutenberg |
| 图腾 | tú téng | totem (loanword) |
| 飞腾 | fēi téng | to fly swiftly upward; to soar |
| 腾飞 | téng fēi | lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance; rapidly developing (situation) |