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繃

简绷 · 繁繃

Mandarin · pinyin bēng#

to draw tight; to stretch taut
to tack (with thread or pin)
(bound form) embroidery hoop
(bound form) woven bed mat

Mandarin · pinyin běng#

to have a taut face

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绷: bēng · bind, draw firmly, strap

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1 · beng1

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baang6 · bang1 · maang1 · mang2

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character · Etymology 1

to stretch tight; to draw firmly; to strap
(of an object) to spring up; to bounce
to baste; to pin; to tack
(literary, or in compounds, crafts) embroidery frame; hoop; tambour
(literary, or in compounds) bed frame (strung with ropes, strips of rattan, etc.)
(dialectal) to manage to do with difficulty
(dialectal) to swindle; to cheat (out of money)
sling; piece of cloth used to carry a baby on one's back
(Hokkien) tightly bound (of clothes, skin, etc.)
(Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien) able to be compared; comparable favorably with (used with 有, 無, 會, or 𣍐)
(Internet slang) short for 繃不住／绷不住 (bēngbùzhù, “to burst out laughing”)

character · Etymology 2

to strain one's muscles
to pull one's face
(Cantonese) to stretch, to set up (a mosquito net, a banner, etc)
(Cantonese) alternative form of 掹 (“to pull”)

character · Etymology 3

(chiefly Beijing and Southwestern Mandarin, Jin) to split open; to crack; alternative form of 迸 (bèng)

character · Etymology 4

(chiefly Wu, Cantonese, dialectal Mandarin, in reduplication) intensifier used in ideophones
(Wu, Xiang, dialectal Mandarin) very; terribly

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