撐

撐 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手火月竹 (QFBH) or 手火月手 (QFBQ), four-corner 5905₂, composition ⿰扌牚)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12693
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1956, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6490

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rtʰaːŋ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 牚 (OC *rtʰaːŋs)

撐

1. to prop up; to support

   他用了雙手撐著下巴。
   他用了双手撑着下巴。

   Tā yòng le shuāngshǒu chēng zhe xiàbā.

   He used both his hands to prop up his chin.

2. to push off (with a pole)

   撐船／撑船  ―  chēngchuán  ―  to pole a boat

3. to sustain; to maintain; to keep up

   我實在撐不住，笑出了聲。
   我实在撑不住，笑出了声。

   Wǒ shízài chēng bùzhù, xiào chū le shēng.

   I could not help laughing.

   • 文清，你跑了，扔下這一大家子，叫我一個人撐，我怎麼辦得了啊？
     文清，你跑了，扔下这一大家子，叫我一个人撑，我怎么办得了啊？

     From: 1941, Cao Yu, 北京人 (Běijīngrén)

     Wénqīng, nǐ pǎo le, rēng xià zhè yī dà jiāzi, jiào wǒ yī ge rén chēng, wǒ zěnmebàn déliǎo a?

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4. to open; to unfurl

   撐開傘／撑开伞  ―  chēng kāi sǎn  ―  to open an umbrella

5. to fill to the point of bursting

   小孩吃得肚皮都要撑破了。

   Xiǎohái chī de dùpí dōu yào chēng pò le.

   The child ate so much that his belly is to the point of bursting.

6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to support

   撐警集會
   撑警集会

   From: 2019, 2019 Hong Kong protests

   caang³ ging² zaap⁶ wui^6-2

   pro-police gathering

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “撑”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 30.
• 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “1937 打 (～伞，撑伞)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.

撐

1. (Cantonese) to fill (a space); to expand

   佢食得太多，撐住咗個肚。
   佢食得太多，撑住咗个肚。

   keoi⁵ sik⁶ dak¹ taai³ do¹, zaang⁶ zyu⁶ zo² go³ tou⁵.

   He ate too much and had his stomach filled up.

   你咁肥，因住撐爆件裇衫呀！
   你咁肥，因住撑爆件裇衫呀！

   nei⁵ gam³ fei⁴, jan¹ zyu⁶ zaang⁶ baau³ gin⁶ seot¹ saam¹ aa³!

   You're so fat, be careful not to tear the shirt apart!

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. Support, prop up, brace.
2. The main support or pillar.
3. Eat one's fill, feast.

• Go-on: ちょう (chō)
• Kan-on: とう (tō)
• Kun: ささえる (sasaeru)、あく (aku)

撐 (eum 탱 (taeng))

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撐: Hán Nôm readings: sênh, sanh, xênh, xinh, xanh

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