to draw tight / to stretch taut / to tack (with thread or pin) / embroidery hoop / woven bed mat
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to have a taut face
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How to pronounce 繃

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ (e)ng1 final

In front of the engine.

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= b initial

B is for Beelzebub.

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+ (e)ng3 final

In the engine’s living room.

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繃 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= s + Ø1
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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bēng = b + (e)ng1
to collapse / to fall into ruins / death of king or emperor / demise
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Characters with 繃 as component

繃 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 繃

band-aid (Tw)
rectangular frame with a palm fiber mat woven across it (placed on a bed frame as the sleeping surface)

Sentences with 繃

繃 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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bēng / běng

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