(chéng) - bear, carry; admit in Mandarin
chéngTraditional: 承
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Translation
bear, carry; admit
Word origin
An ideographic character originally depicting hands lifting and supporting a person or load from below, giving the meanings to bear, to carry and to receive, and by extension to admit, as in 承认.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- 承 (chéng), depicting hands holding up a burden
Stroke order
承
Examples
。
He admitted his mistake.
。
I admit I was wrong.
。
Taking responsibility is important.
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He took on all the responsibility.
货。
The company promised on-time delivery.
承 (chéng) means bear or carry, and forms 承认 (chéng rèn), to admit.
Appears in 2 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 承.
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