腾
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téng · to fly, to soar

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HSK 3.0 · Level 7-9Frequency #8009
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13Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 腾

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téngWords pronounced téng
tengWords pronounced teng
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Example sentences

Notice where 腾 sits in each complete thought.

Tīng dào zhège ràng wǒ gǎn jué rè xuè fèi téng.听到这个让我感觉热血沸腾。

It made my blood boil to hear that.

Source: Tatoeba #332868 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ néng wèi wǒ téng chū jǐ fēn zhōng shí jiān ma ?你能为我腾出几分钟时间吗?

Could you spare me a few minutes?

Source: Tatoeba #332810 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ de nǎo hǎi lǐ bù tíng dì fān téng zhe zhège wèn tí.我的脑海里不停地翻腾着这个问题。

I constantly went over this problem in my mind.

Source: Tatoeba #2367629 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuǐ fèi téng hòu biàn wèi zhēng qì.水沸腾后变为蒸汽。

Water turns into steam when it is boiled.

Source: Tatoeba #333212 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Téng yí xià dì fāng.腾一下地方。

Move over.

Source: Tatoeba #5102267 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 腾 in context

  1. Say téng, then recall the core meaning: to fly, to soar.
  2. Write all 13 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Use it in 折腾 (zhē teng), meaning “to toss from side to side”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 腾 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.