騰 (tang4) — soar; rise; move upward in Cantonese
tangˎ₄騰简 腾
Mandarin Pinyin: teng2
Meaning of 騰
nounsoar; rise; move upward
nounvacate; make room; clear out
noungallop; jump; prance
Example Sentences with 騰
dung˗₃凍dou˗₃到tangˎ₄騰lingˎ₄檸
Shivering cold.
zek˗₃隻maauˉ¹貓feiˎ₄肥tangˎ₄騰tangˎ₄騰
The cat is plump and fat.
keoiˏ₅佢sikˍ₆食dou˗₃到feiˎ₄肥tangˎ₄騰tangˎ₄騰
He/She ate until he/she got plump.
ginˍ₆件saamˉ¹衫feiˎ₄肥tangˎ₄騰tangˎ₄騰
The shirt is baggy.
feiˎ₄肥tangˎ₄騰tangˎ₄騰houˊ²好hoˊ²可oi˗₃愛
Plump and cute.
Words Containing 騰
奔騰ban1 tang4
to surge forward in waves; to gallop
圖騰tou4 tang4
totem (religious symbol)
飛黃騰達fei1 wong4 tang4 daat6
make rapid advances in one's career; have a meteoric rise
撲騰pok3 tang4
pitter-patter
沸騰點fai3 tang4 dim2
boiling point | Also '沸點'
沸騰fai3 tang4
boiling; bubbling; ebullient
民怨沸騰man4 jyun3 fai1 tang4
resentment and discontent boils up among the masses
左騰右騰zo2 tang4 jau6 tang4
rushing around [colloquial]
倒騰dou2 tang4
to move about; to buy and sell
折騰zit3 tang4
to cause suffering or anguish
蕭敬騰siu1 ging3 tang4
Jam Hsiao, name of a Taiwanese singer
騰達tang4 daat6
on the rise; thriving; soaring
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