躺
to recline; to lie down
15 strokes
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How 躺 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
身 (semantic, “body”) + 尚 (phonetic, shàng)
How to remember it
lie down · Heisig RSH #2293
身 somebody + 尚 esteem
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 尚
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 尚 (shàng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尚 sound component | shàng | still, yet; even; fairly, rather |
| 常 | cháng | common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly |
| 党 | dǎng | political party, gang, faction |
| 堂 | táng | hall, large room; government office; cousins |
| 掌 | zhǎng | in charge; the palm of the hand, the sole of the foot |
| 赏 | shǎng | reward; to appreciate; to bestow, to grant |
| 尝 | cháng | to taste; to experience, to experiment with |
| 敞 | chǎng | wide, open, spacious |
| 棠 | táng | crabapple tree; wild plum |
| 趟 | tàng | time, occasion; to make a journey |
| 倘 | tǎng | if, supposing, in event of |
| 淌 | tǎng | to trickle down, to flow, to drip; to shed tears |
| 裳 | cháng | skirt, petticoat; beautiful |
| 惝 | chǎng | alarmed, agitated |
| 徜 | cháng | to linger, to walk back and forth |
| 绱 | shàng | the sole of a shoe; to patch, to sole |
| 䠀 | chǎng | to meditate; to sit cross-legged |
| 牚 | chēng | variant of 撐|撑[cheng1] |
Words containing 躺
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 躺着也中枪 | tǎng zhe yě zhòng qiāng | (Internet slang) (lit.) to get shot even though lying down; (fig.) to be unfairly targeted |
| 地躺拳 | dì tǎng quán | Di Tang Quan - "Ground-Prone Fist"; "Ground Tumbling Boxing" - Martial Art |
| 躺下 | tǎng xià | to lie down |
| 躺平 | tǎng píng | to lie stretched out; (neologism, attested by 2021) to opt out of the rat race |
| 躺倒 | tǎng dǎo | to lie down |
| 横躺 | héng tǎng | to lie flat |
| 躺枪 | tǎng qiāng | (neologism, attested by 2014) (coll.) to be criticized, blamed or implicated in sth despit… |
| 横躺竖卧 | héng tǎng shù wò | to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray |
| 葛优躺 | Gě Yōu tǎng | see 北京癱|北京瘫[Bei3 jing1 tan1] |
| 躺尸 | tǎng shī | (deprecatory) to lie motionless (asleep, drunk, lazing etc) |
| 侧躺 | cè tǎng | to lie down (on one's side) |
| 斜躺 | xié tǎng | to recline |
| 仰躺 | yǎng tǎng | to lie on one's back |
| 躺椅 | tǎng yǐ | deck chair; recliner; couch; lounge |
| 躺赢 | tǎng yíng | to win without needing to even lift a finger; victory presented on a platter |