藤 téng
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 滕 an ancient state in Shandong province
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
藤蔓
téngwàn
vine; creeper
Characters in this word
蔓 màn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 曼 long, extended, vast
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 暴雨过后，藤蔓顺着围墙疯长，几乎遮住了整扇窗。 Bàoyǔ guò hòu, téngwàn shùn zhe wéiqiáng fēngzhǎng, jīhū zhēzhù le zhěng shàn chuāng. After the rainstorm, the vines grew wildly along the wall and almost covered the whole window.
- 墙上爬满了绿色的藤蔓，夏天特别凉快。 Qiáng shang pámǎn le lǜsè de téngwàn, xiàtiān tèbié liángkuai. The wall is covered with green vines; it is especially cool there in summer.
- 果园里，农民正在修剪葡萄的藤蔓。 Guǒyuán li, nóngmín zhèngzài xiūjiǎn pútao de téngwàn. In the orchard, the farmer is pruning the grape vines.
Related words
- 蔓延 mànyán to spread; to extend
- 仙鹤 xiānhè crane; immortal crane
- 微生物 wēishēngwù microorganism
- 驯 xùn to tame; to domesticate
- 杂交 zájiāo to hybridise; to crossbreed
- 诱饵 yòu'ěr bait; lure
- 隐性 yǐnxìng recessive; implicit; hidden
- 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to swindle
- 雄性 xióngxìng male; male sex
- 妖怪 yāoguài monster; demon; bogeyman
- 休眠 xiūmián to hibernate; to lie dormant; sleep mode
- 天敌 tiāndí natural enemy