騰

See also: 腾

騰 U+9A30, 騰 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9A30 ← 騯 [U+9A2F] CJK Unified Ideographs 騱 → [U+9A31]

Translingual

Han character

騰 (Kangxi radical 187, 馬+10, 20 strokes, cangjie input 月火手火 (BFQF), four-corner 7922₇, composition ⿰月駦 or ⿸𰮤馬)

Descendants

• 駦, 腾

Derived characters

• 𭍂, 𧖍, 𧈜, 虅, 𥸎

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1442, character 35
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44915
• Dae Jaweon: page 1967, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2125, character 5
• Unihan data for U+9A30

Chinese

trad.		騰
simp.		腾
2nd round simp.		𱅑

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 騰
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (朕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
黱	*l'ɯːs
朕	*l'ɯmʔ
鰧	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ
螣	*l'ɯmʔ, *l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːɡ
栚	*l'ɯmʔ
眹	*l'ɯnʔ
騰	*l'ɯːŋ
滕	*l'ɯːŋ
縢	*l'ɯːŋ
儯	*l'ɯːŋ
幐	*l'ɯːŋ, *l'ɯːŋs
藤	*l'ɯːŋ
謄	*l'ɯːŋ
膡	*l'ɯːŋ, *hljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
籐	*l'ɯːŋ
勝	*hljɯŋ, *hljɯŋs
蕂	*hljɯŋs
榺	*hljɯŋs
塍	*ɦljɯŋ
媵	*ljɯŋs, *lɯŋs
賸	*ɦljɯŋs, *lɯŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *l'ɯːŋ): phonetic 朕 (OC *l'ɯmʔ) + semantic 馬 (“horse”) – a horses’ gallop, prance.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): téng (teng²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tang⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thìn
• Eastern Min (BUC): dèng
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thêng / thn̂g / tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): têng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶den

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: téng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: téng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻêng²
    • Yale: téng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: terng
    • Palladius: тэн (tɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɤŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: tang⁴
    • Yale: tàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: teng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɛiŋ⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thêng
    • Tâi-lô: thîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: teeng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tʰiɪŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɪŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: thn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngg
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: têng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰeŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶den
    • MiniDict: den^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³den
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dən²³/

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• Middle Chinese: dong

Rime
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	登 (129)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒登切
Baxter	dong
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dəŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dəŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dəŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/dəŋ/
Li Rong	/dəŋ/
Wang Li	/dəŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/dʱəŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	téng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tang4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤəŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*l'ɯːŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	téng
Middle Chinese	‹ dong ›
Old Chinese	/*lˁəŋ/
English	to mount; oppress
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	騰
Reading #	1/1
No.	17115
Phonetic component	朕
Rime group	蒸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	騰
Old Chinese	/*l'ɯːŋ/

Definitions

騰

1. to soar; to rise

   • 是月也，天氣下降，地氣上騰，天地和同，草木萌動。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
     是月也，天气下降，地气上腾，天地和同，草木萌动。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

     From: The Book of Rites, c. 4^th – 2^nd century BCE

     Shì yuè yě, tiānqì xiàjiàng, dìqì shàng téng, tiāndì hétóng, cǎomù méngdòng. [Pinyin]

     In this month the vapours of heaven descend and those of the earth ascend. Heaven and earth are in harmonious co-operation. All plants bud and grow.

2. to gallop; to run; to prance

   奔騰／奔腾  ―  bēnténg  ―  to gallop

3. to clear out; to make room

   騰出時間／腾出时间  ―  téng chū shíjiān  ―  to set aside time

4. Used after certain verbs to show repeated actions

   折騰／折腾  ―  zhēteng  ―  to toss about; to be restless

   鬧騰／闹腾  ―  nàoteng  ―  to make a noise; to kick up a row

5. a surname, Teng

Synonyms

• (to gallop):

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• 奔馳 / 奔驰 (bēnchí)
• 奔騰 / 奔腾 (bēnténg) (of horses)
• 疾馳 / 疾驰 (jíchí) (literary)
• 飛奔 / 飞奔 (fēibēn) (literary)
• 飛馳 / 飞驰 (fēichí)
• 馳騁 / 驰骋 (chíchěng) (literary, of horses)
• 馳驅 / 驰驱 (chíqū) (literary, of horses)
• 馳驟 / 驰骤 (chízhòu) (literary, of horses)

Compounds

• 不騰騰 / 不腾腾
• 亂亂騰騰 / 乱乱腾腾
• 亂騰騰 / 乱腾腾
• 倒騰 / 倒腾 (dǎoténg)
• 克什克騰 / 克什克腾
• 剔騰 / 剔腾
• 勃騰 / 勃腾
• 勃騰騰 / 勃腾腾
• 升騰 / 升腾 (shēngténg)
• 南極騰輝 / 南极腾辉
• 博斯騰湖 / 博斯腾湖
• 喧騰
• 困騰騰 / 困腾腾
• 圖騰 / 图腾 (túténg)
• 士飽馬騰 / 士饱马腾
• 奔騰 / 奔腾 (bēnténg)
• 奔騰澎湃 / 奔腾澎湃
• 宣騰 / 宣腾
• 忒楞楞騰 / 忒楞楞腾
• 悶騰騰 / 闷腾腾
• 慢慢騰騰 / 慢慢腾腾
• 慢騰斯禮 / 慢腾斯礼
• 慢騰騰 / 慢腾腾 (mànténgténg)
• 懵騰 / 懵腾
• 折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng)
• 掀騰 / 掀腾
• 搗騰 / 捣腾 (dǎoténg)
• 撲騰 / 扑腾 (pūténg)
• 撲騰騰 / 扑腾腾
• 支騰 / 支腾
• 歡騰 / 欢腾 (huānténg)
• 殺氣騰騰 / 杀气腾腾
• 毛毛騰騰 / 毛毛腾腾
• 毛騰廝火 / 毛腾厮火
• 民怨沸騰 / 民怨沸腾
• 氣騰騰 / 气腾腾
• 沸騰 / 沸腾 (fèiténg)
• 漫騰騰 / 漫腾腾 (mànténgténg)
• 火不騰 / 火不腾
• 烈焰騰空 / 烈焰腾空
• 焰騰騰 / 焰腾腾
• 煞氣騰騰 / 煞气腾腾
• 蒸騰 / 蒸腾 (zhēngténg)
• 熱氣騰騰 / 热气腾腾 (rèqìténgténg)
• 熱騰騰 / 热腾腾 (rèténgténg)
• 物論沸騰 / 物论沸腾
• 物議沸騰 / 物议沸腾
• 番騰 / 番腾
• 瞢騰 / 瞢腾
• 萬馬奔騰 / 万马奔腾 (wànmǎbēnténg)
• 翻騰 / 翻腾 (fānténg)
• 興騰 / 兴腾
• 薄海歡騰 / 薄海欢腾
• 蘭桂騰芳 / 兰桂腾芳
• 蜚英騰茂 / 蜚英腾茂
• 踢騰 / 踢腾
• 鋪騰 / 铺腾
• 飛聲騰實 / 飞声腾实
• 飛騰 / 飞腾 (fēiténg)
• 飛騰之兆 / 飞腾之兆 (fēiténg zhī zhào)
• 飛騰之藥 / 飞腾之药
• 飛黃騰踏 / 飞黄腾踏
• 飛黃騰達 / 飞黄腾达 (fēihuángténgdá)
• 駕霧騰雲 / 驾雾腾云
• 騰倒 / 腾倒
• 騰出 / 腾出 (téngchū)
• 騰挪 / 腾挪 (téngnuó)
• 騰掀 / 腾掀
• 騰捷 / 腾捷
• 騰捷飛升 / 腾捷飞升
• 騰格里湖
• 騰歡 / 腾欢
• 騰空 / 腾空 (téngkōng)
• 騰空而起 / 腾空而起 (téngkōng'érqǐ)
• 騰笑 / 腾笑
• 騰翅子 / 腾翅子
• 騰蛇 / 腾蛇
• 騰蛟起鳳 / 腾蛟起凤
• 騰裝 / 腾装
• 騰貴 / 腾贵 (téngguì)
• 騰越 / 腾越
• 騰趠 / 腾趠
• 騰踊
• 騰踔 / 腾踔
• 騰踏 / 腾踏
• 騰躍 / 腾跃
• 騰身 / 腾身
• 騰達 / 腾达 (téngdá)
• 騰那 / 腾那
• 騰閃 / 腾闪
• 騰雲 / 腾云
• 騰雲跨風 / 腾云跨风
• 騰雲駕霧 / 腾云驾雾
• 騰霧 / 腾雾
• 騰飛 / 腾飞 (téngfēi)
• 騰騰 / 腾腾
• 騫騰 / 骞腾
• 騰驤 / 腾骧
• 騰黃 / 腾黄
• 驍騰 / 骁腾
• 驤騰 / 骧腾
• 骨騰肉飛 / 骨腾肉飞
• 鬧騰 / 闹腾 (nàoteng)
• 鬧騰勁兒 / 闹腾劲儿
• 龍騰虎躍 / 龙腾虎跃 (lóngténghǔyuè)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 騰 – see 揗 (“to stroke; to obey; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 揗).