English
- prop up, support
- to support
- to fill; to expand
- to support; to hold against
- to row or pole a boat; to propel a boat with oars
- brace
- to prop up
- to fill or to pour food into stomach directly letting no time to chew; to wolf down one's food.
- to hang on; to hold out; to persevere; to remain determined in adversity
- to prop; to support
- to push off (with a pole)
- to push or move with a pole
- to back somebody up; to support; to recognize, provide help and encourage somebody
- to maintain
- to open; to expand
- to open or unfurl
- to fill to bursting point
- brace
- stay
- support
粵語
- 擴大到塞滿、塞爆
- 支持；承托
- 划船、艇；用漿嚟撥水，令隻船移動
- 灌食，或指狼吞虎嚥
- 喺困境中保持堅定
- 為咗令物件維持形狀或者位置，放另一樣嘢喺佢下面
- 對某人予以認同、支援同鼓勵
- 張開、擴大
Variants
Words containing 撐
- 支撐zi1 caang1
to prop up
- 死撐sei2 caang3
persist on one's action even knowing it's wrong (spoken)
- 撐腰caang1 jiu1
to support
- 架撐gaa3 caang1
tools (spoken)
- 撐場面caang1 coeng4 min6
to keep up appearances; to put up a front
- 撐場caang3 coeng4
(of important people) to grace an occasion by making an appearance
- 撐船caang1 syun4
to punt
- 撐破caang1 po3
to burst
- 撐持caang1 ci4
(fig.) to sustain
- 撐甲zaang6 gaap3
ingrown nail
- 撐起caang3 hei2
to be the (often only) backbone of an organisation, so that it will not collapse
- 撐檯腳caang3 toi2 goek3
to go on a meal date with another person (loved one or anyone)
- 撐飽zaang6 baau2
to fill up one's stomach
- 撐拒caang3 keoi5
to resist
- 撐杆caang1 gon1
a pole
- 撐艇caang1 teng5
noun; Punt a boat
- 盲撐maang4 caang3
to support regardless of anything
- 撐到恆caang3 dou3 hang4
to hang tough; to stand one's ground [colloquial]
- 撐艇仔caang1 teng5 zai2
noun; Punt a boat; or Kangxi radical 162 "辵"
- 俯臥撐fu2 ngo6 caang1
push-up; press-up (exercise)
- 撐開caang1 hoi1
to stretch taut
- 撐死caang1 sei2
full to the point of bursting
- 撐行caang3 hang4
to hang tough; to stand one's ground [colloquial]
- 撐共caang1 gung6