蹭
to rub against; to walk slowly; (coll.) to freeload
19 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,968 U+8E6D
How 蹭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
足 (semantic, “foot”) + 曾 (phonetic, céng)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 曾
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 曾 (céng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曾 sound component | céng | already, formerly, once; the past |
| 增 | zēng | to increase; to expand; to augment; to add |
| 僧 | sēng | Buddhist priest, monk |
| 赠 | zèng | to bestow, to confer, to present a gift |
| 憎 | zēng | to abhor, to detest, to hate |
| 噌 | cēng | to scold, to shout at |
| 缯 | zēng | silk; to tie, to bind; surname |
| 罾 | zēng | a large square net for catching fish |
| 甑 | zèng | a boiler for steaming rice |
Words containing 蹭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蹭热度 | cèng rè dù | (coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity; to exploit (sb's) popularity to … |
| 蹭车 | cèng chē | (coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money; to ride on a train or bus without buying a… |
| 蹭网 | cèng wǎng | (coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission) |
| 蹭吃 | cèng chī | to freeload for food |
| 蹭饭 | cèng fàn | (coll.) to mooch a meal |
| 磨蹭 | mó ceng | to rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally; to pester; to nag |
| 磨磨蹭蹭 | mó mó cèng cèng | to dillydally; slow-going |
| 蹭吃蹭喝 | cèng chī cèng hē | to cadge a meal |
| 蹭课 | cèng kè | (coll.) to sit in on a class |
| 刮蹭 | guā cèng | (esp. of a vehicle) to scrape against; to sideswipe |
| 蹭蹬 | cèng dèng | (literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck |
| 剐蹭 | guǎ cèng | see 刮蹭[gua1 ceng4] |