繃

Definitions

 * 1) to stretch; to draw firmly; to strap
 * 2) to brace; to taut
 * 3)  to spring up; to bounce
 * 4)  embroidery frame
 * 5)  bed frame
 * 6) sling, piece of cloth used to carry a baby on one's back
 * 7)  to swindle; to cheat

Definitions

 * 1) to strain one's muscles
 * 2) to pull one's face
 * 3)  to stretch, to set up (a mosquito net, a banner, etc)

Definitions

 * 1)  to split open; to crack;

Etymology 4
Some compounds are attested at least since Ming dynasty. May be related to (in ) used in Yuan era plays.

Mandarin dialects generally use reduplicated instead (e.g. in ), also spelled  or. See also Hokkien (in, , etc.).


 * very; terribly
 * Same as above, but without reduplication. Used prepositively in a few collocations. Most Standard Chinese dictionaries nominally assign the bèng reading to this sense and merge it with Etymology 3, but Northeastern Mandarin and Xiang dialects where it is actually used have the dark level tone for it (corresponding to Beijing Mandarin bēng). See also.

Definitions

 * 1)  intensifier used in ideophones
 * 2)  very; terribly