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支撑 (zhī chēng): Prop up (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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支 • zhī • to support; to pay; to disburse • HSK 2.0 L5
HSK 5
zhī支

to support; to pay; to disburse

撑 • chēng • to support, prop up, or hold up
chēng撑

to support, prop up, or hold up

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Pinyinzhī chēng
Meaningprop up; sustain; support
Characters2
SyntaxVerb
4.

How to Use 支撑 in Sentences

Adjective + Noun
zhǔ主
yào要
zhī支
chēng撑
neutral
main support
yǒu有
lì力
zhī支
chēng撑
neutral
strong support
Verb + Complementwith不住
zhī支
chēng撑
bú不
zhù住
Verb + Objectwith家庭
zhī支
chēng撑
jiā家
tíng庭
5.

Example Sentences with 支撑

jǐn仅
píng凭
rè热
qíng情
wú无
fǎ法
cháng
neutral
cannot hold up
neutral
support a family
长
jiǔ久
zhī支
chēng撑
zhè这
xiàng项
jiān艰
jù巨
de的
shì事
yè业
。
Passion alone cannot sustain this arduous undertaking for long.
shì是
shén什
me么
xìn信
niàn念
zhī支
chēng撑
nǐ你
zài在
nì逆
jìng境
zhōng中
jiān坚
chí持
le了
zhè这
me么
duō多
nián年
？
What belief has supported you in persisting through adversity for so many years?
tā他
nǔ努
lì力
gōng工
zuò作
，
zhī支
chēng撑
zhěng整
gè个
jiā家
tíng庭
。
He works hard to support the whole family.
zhè这
xiē些
shù数
jù据
zhī支
chēng撑
le了
wǒ我
men们
de的
yán研
jiū究
jié结
lùn论
。
These data support our research conclusions.
kuài快
bāng帮
wǒ我
zhǎo找
gēn根
gùn棍
zi子
lái来
zhī支
chēng撑
yí一
xià下
zhè这
pén盆
kuài快
dǎo倒
de的
huā花
。
Quick, help me find a stick to prop up this flowerpot that's about to fall over.

HSK 6 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 支撑.

  • 本事běn shiskill; ability; talent
  • 包庇bāo bìshield; harbour; cover up
  • 苍白cāng báipale; pallid; wan
  • 霸道bà dàostrong; potent
  • 安置ān zhìarrange for; find a place for
  • 不相上下bù xiāng shàng xiàbe roughly the same; about equal
  • 步伐bù fástep; pace
  • 罢工bà gōnggo on strike; down tools
  • 曝光bào guāngexposure
  • 别致bié zhìunconventional; interesting and novel; new and unusal
  • 残留cán liúremain; be left over; residual
  • 笨拙bèn zhuōclumsy; stupid; slow-witted
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 支撑.

Words with 支
  • 支付zhī fùto pay (money)
  • 支持zhī chíto be in favour of
  • 支票zhī piàocheck/cheque
  • 开支
kāi zhī
pay; spend; expenditure
  • 支出zhī chūpay; disburse; expenses
  • 支援zhī yuánsupport; assist; aid
  • 支柱zhī zhùpillar; support; prop
  • 支流zhī liútributary; effluent
    • Words with 撑
    • 撑住chēng zhùto hold up; to endure
    • 撑篙chēng gāoto punt with a pole
    • 撑腰chēng yāoto support; to back up
    • 俯卧撑fǔ wò chēngpush-up