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。 [MSC, trad.]
   他用了双手撑着下巴。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā yòng le shuāngshǒu chēng zhe xiàbā. [Pinyin]

   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。 [MSC, trad.]
   我实在撑不住，笑出了声。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ shízài chēng bùzhù, xiào chū le shēng. [Pinyin]

   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？ [MSC, trad.]
     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？ [MSC, simp.]

     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? [Pinyin]

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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。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Xiǎohái chī de dùpí dōu yào chēng pò le. [Pinyin]

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

6. (Cantonese, figuratively) to support

   撐警集會 [Cantonese, trad.]
   撑警集会 [Cantonese, simp.]

   From: 2019, 2019 Hong Kong protests

   caang³ ging² zaap⁶ wui^6-2 [Jyutping]

   pro-police gathering

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “撑”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 30.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “1937 打 (～伞，撑伞)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (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。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢食得太多，撑住咗个肚。 [Cantonese, simp.]

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

   He ate too much and had his stomach filled up.

   你咁肥，因住撐爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你咁肥，因住撑爆件裇衫呀！ [Cantonese, simp.]

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

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

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

• 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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