téng

(bound form) to gallop; to prance

(bound form) to soar; to hover; to make room; to clear out; to vacate; (verb suffix indicating repeated action)

emperor (朕) + horse (马) = galloping, soaring upward

马 grounds the meaning in a horse's powerful, surging movement. 朕 is purely phonetic, lending the téng sound without adding semantic weight.

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Originally a first-person imperial pronounPhonetic
HorseSemantic

你能把桌上的东西一腾,给我放点地方吗?

nǐ néng bǎ zhuō shàng de dōng xi téng yi téng,gěi wǒ fàng diǎn dì fang ma?

Can you clear out the stuff on the table a bit to make some room for me?

他搬走了,这间房子终于出来了。

tā bān zǒu le,zhè jiān fáng zi zhōng yú téng chū lái le。

He moved away, and this room has finally been vacated.

Words with 腾

闪转腾挪

shǎn zhuǎn téng nuó

to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)

飞腾

fēi téng

to fly swiftly upward

飞黄腾达

fēi huáng téng dá

lit. the divine steed Feihuang gallops (idiom)

马化腾

mǎ huà téng

Ma Huateng aka Pony Ma (1971-), Chinese business magnate, CEO of Tencent

腾出手

téng chū shǒu

to get one's hands free (to do sth else)

腾挪

téng nuó

to move

腾格里

téng gé lǐ

Tengri, the sky god in Mongolic and Turkic mythology

腾格里沙漠

téng gé lǐ shā mò

Tengger Desert, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia

腾空

téng kōng

to soar

腾讯

téng xùn

Tencent, Chinese tech conglomerate, founded in 1998

腾越

téng yuè

to jump over

腾飞

téng fēi

lit. to fly upwards swiftly

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