聳 (sung2 | song3) : tower aloft; frighten

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聳

sung2

song3

[1] tower aloft; soar high
[2] frighten; alarm; horrify
[3] shrug/raise (one's shoulders, etc)

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 耳 (#128)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

聳 / 耸

This word has been viewed 2790 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by C Chiu on 9th Dec 2012 11:07

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聳聳肩 sung2 sung2 gin1 = to shrug (one's shoulders) 國

聳聳膊頭 sung2 sung2 bok3 tau4 = to shrug the shoulders 粵

聳膊頭 sung2 bok3 tau4 = to shrug the shoulders 粵

聳動 sung2 dung6 = to stir up, to incite

聳聽 sung2 ting3 song3 ting1 = create a sensation

高聳 gou1 sung2 gao1 song3 = towering; lofty

危言聳聽 ngai4 jin4 sung2 ting3 wei1 (PRC), wei2 (Taiwan), yan2 song3 ting1 = exaggerate sth. to frighten people

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 聳
Unicode code for this character: U+8073 (off-site link)

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