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蹭

cèng
HSK 7freq #9534

Meanings

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cèng
  1. 1.to rub against
  2. 2.to walk slowly
  3. 3.(coll.) to freeload

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to rub against
  2. 2.to be smeared with; to get stained by rubbing
  3. 3.to shuffle; to drag the feet in walking
  4. 4.to dawdle; to delay
  5. 5.to freeload; to scrounge

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰɯːŋs): semantic 足 (“foot”) + phonetic 曾 (OC *ʔsɯːŋ, *zɯːŋ).

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Components

蹭⻊曾

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Derived terms

扎蹭磨蹭踜蹭蹊蹭蹭坐蹭戲蹭戏蹭窩蹭窝蹭課蹭课蹭踏蹬蹭蹭蹬蹭躅蹭飯蹭饭

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Related words

蹭网 (coll.) to use sb else's Internet connection (with or without permission)蹭吃 to freeload for food蹭蹬 (literary) to encounter setbacks; to have bad luck蹭饭 (coll.) to mooch a meal磨蹭 to rub lightly蹭车 (coll.) to ride in sb else's car to save money蹭课 (coll.) to sit in on a class刮蹭 to scrape one's car against sth蹭热度 (coll.) (often derog.) to piggyback on (sb's) popularity蹭吃蹭喝 to cadge a meal磨磨蹭蹭 to dillydally