藤蔓 (téngmàn): vines

Meanings

1 vines
2 creeping plants
3 twining tendrils

Characters

藤

Examples

藤蔓爬满了整面墙。

Téngmàn pámǎn le zhěng miàn qiáng.

Vines covered the entire wall.

他在森林里被藤蔓缠住了。

Tā zài sēnlín lǐ bèi téngmàn chánzhù le.

He got tangled up in vines in the forest.

Tips

usage

Also pronounced téngwàn — both readings are accepted, though téngmàn is more common in standard Mandarin. 蔓 has three readings: màn (vine/spread), wàn (informal vine reading), and mán (only in 蔓菁, mánjing, turnip).

Stroke Order

藤 téng

蔓 màn

Related Words

藤 téng #10,403

rattan / cane / vine

蔓延 mànyán HSK 7 #8,236

to spread / to extend (of fire, disease, etc.) / to proliferate

藤条 téngtiáo #28,338

rattan / cane / rattan cane

枯藤老树昏鸦 kūténglǎoshùhūnyā

withered vines, old tree, crows at dusk / a canonical image of autumn desolation and loneliness / (lit.) dead-vine old-tree dusk-crows

藤椅 téngyǐ HSK 7 #57,203

rattan chair; wicker chair

常春藤 chángchūnténg #13,904

ivy (plant)

蔓 màn #15,209

creeper; vine; tendril / to spread; to extend

顺藤摸瓜 shùnténgmōguā #23,194

to follow the vine to find the melon / to track something by following leads / to trace back to the source

常青藤 chángqīngténg #22,770

ivy (plant) / Ivy League (colleges)

紫藤 zǐténg #18,289

wisteria