HSK 6 · Verbs

支撑 zhīchēng “to support” in Chinese

Traditional 支撐

What 支撑 means

  1. to support
  2. to prop up
  3. to hold out
  4. strut
  5. brace

How to say 支撑

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale支zhī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale撑chēng1st tone, high and level

支撑 in a sentence

  1. 这座桥由四根柱子支撑着。

    Zhè zuò qiáo yóu sì gēn zhùzi zhīchēng zhe.

    This bridge is held up by four pillars.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他太累了，快支撑不住了。

    Tā tài lèi le, kuài zhīchēng bu zhù le.

    He was so tired he could hardly keep going.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 支撑 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 支 (zhī) with each of its parts in a different colour
支zhīto support
  • 十ten · shí
  • 又again · yòu
The character 撑 (chēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
撑chēngto support
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 掌in charge · zhǎngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 掌 (zhǎng) hints at the sound. Compare it with chēng.

How to write 支撑

支 4 strokes · 撑 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 支撑

Words with 支

支持zhīchí · to support支zhī · measure word for pens支票zhīpiào · cheque支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support开支kāizhī · expenses支出zhīchū · expenditure支流zhīliú · tributary (river)支柱zhīzhù · pillar

More words: Common Verbs

争夺zhēngduó · to fight over征服zhēngfú · to conquer挣扎zhēngzhá · to struggle折腾zhēteng · to toss and turn指定zhǐdìng · to appoint支配zhīpèi · to control支援zhīyuán · to support制约zhìyuē · to restrict

FAQs

支撑 (zhīchēng) means “to support” or “to prop up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhīchēng: zhī with a 1st tone, then chēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 支撑 is written 支撐. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhicheng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 支撑 from the suggestions. Typing zhicheng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
支撑 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.