HSK 6 · Food

盛 chéng “to fill (a bowl)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盛 means

  1. to fill (a bowl)
  2. to ladle (food)
  3. to hold
  4. to contain
  5. to ladle
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to pick up with a utensil

How to say 盛

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盛chéng2nd tone, rising

盛 in a sentence

  1. 来吧，我帮你盛。

    Lái ba, wǒ bāng nǐ chéng.

    Here, let me dish some up for you.

    Sentence #479654 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你有碗盛汤吗？

    Nǐ yǒu wǎn chéng tāng ma?

    Do you have a bowl for the soup?

    Sentence #9135856 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 盘子上盛着一块鸡肉、一块马铃薯和一些青豆。

    Pánzi shàng chéng zhe yí kuài jīròu, yí kuài mǎlíngshǔ hé yìxiē qīngdòu.

    On the plate was a piece of chicken, a potato and some green peas.

    Sentence #1452307 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 盛 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 盛 (chéng) with each of its parts in a different colour
盛chéngto hold
  • 成to accomplish · chéngSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 成 (chéng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chéng.

How to write 盛

盛 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

盛 (chéng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 盛 (chéng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 盛

Words with 盛

丰盛fēngshèng · lavish昌盛chāngshèng · prosperous盛情shèngqíng · great kindness盛产shèngchǎn · to be rich in盛行shèngxíng · to be popular茂盛màoshèng · lush盛开shèngkāi · to be in full bloom

More words: Food & Dining

油炸yóuzhá · to deep fry玉米yùmǐ · corn煮zhǔ · to boil馋chán · greedy (for food)橙chéng · orange (fruit)蛋白质dànbáizhì · protein稻谷dàogǔ · rice (unhusked)丰盛fēngshèng · lavish

FAQs

盛 (chéng) means “to fill (a bowl)” or “to ladle (food)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chéng: chéng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 盛 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type cheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盛 from the suggestions. Typing cheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盛 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.