腾

騰

téng

verb HSK 7 #11,515

Meanings

1 to gallop
2 to soar
3 to make room
4 to vacate

Characters

to gallop; to soar; to vacate

Examples

请帮我腾个地方放行李。

Qǐng bāng wǒ téng gè dìfang fàng xíngli.

Please make some room for me to put my luggage.

巨龙腾空而起。

Jùlóng téngkōng ér qǐ.

The great dragon soared into the sky.

Tips

usage

In everyday speech, 腾 most often means "to make room/vacate" (腾地方, 腾出来). The "soar" meaning appears in literary/formal contexts.

In Pop Culture

腾讯 Téngxùn

Tencent

tech giant — name means 'galloping message'

Stroke Order

腾 téng