Hanzi
Traditional
騰
Simplified
腾

(bound form) to gallop; to prance/(bound form) to soar; to hover/to make room; to clear out; to vacate/(verb suffix indicating repeated action)

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 8

Pinyin

téng

Bopomofo

ㄊㄥˊ

Jyutping

tang4

Example sentences

奔騰 / 奔腾 bēnténg
萬馬奔騰的景象十分壯觀。
万马奔腾的景象十分壮观。

The sight of ten thousand galloping horses is very spectacular.

千軍萬馬 / 千军万马 qiānjūnwànmǎ
這部電影戰爭場面宏大，有如千軍萬馬在奔騰。
这部电影战争场面宏大，有如千军万马在奔腾。

The war scene in this movie is grand, like thousands of troops and horses galloping.

折騰 / 折腾 zhēteng
他被這場病折騰得不輕。
他被这场病折腾得不轻。

He was tormented quite a bit by this illness.

沸騰 / 沸腾 fèiténg
鍋裡的水已經沸騰了。
锅里的水已经沸腾了。

The water in the pot is already boiling.

Example Vocabulary

奔騰

ben1'teng2

to surge forward; to gallop

折騰

zhe1'teng

to toss and turn; to torment; to do something over and over again; to waste (money/time)

騰訊

倒騰

dao3'teng2

圖騰

tu2'teng2

歡騰

huan1'teng2

沸騰

fei4'teng2

to boil; to seethe

翻騰

fan1'teng2

克什克騰旗

升騰

sheng1'teng2

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