泵 meaning and stroke order
To pump
How to write 泵, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 泵
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- pump (loanword)
How 泵 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. To pull water 水 out of stone 石.
Radical: 水 (water), shared by 15 characters on this site.
How to remember 泵
Picture stone 石 sitting on top of water 水. A pump is what pulls water 水 up out of the rock 石 below.
泵 (bèng) usually means a pump as a machine, and it appears mostly in technical or everyday words like 水泵 (shuǐbèng) water pump. It can also act as a verb meaning to pump. Example: 这个水泵坏了。(Zhège shuǐbèng huài le.) This water pump is broken.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the water part at the bottom as the side form 氵, but here it is the full 水 under 石. Also keep the tone falling: bèng, not bēng as in 崩 (bēng, to collapse).
Common words with 泵
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 水泵 | shuǐbèng | water pump |
Questions about 泵
How many strokes are in 泵?
泵 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 泵 mean?
泵 (bèng) means to pump. A common word with it is 水泵 (shuǐbèng), meaning "water pump".
How do you pronounce 泵?
泵 is pronounced bèng, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 泵?
The radical of 泵 is 水, which carries the idea of "water". Dictionaries list 泵 under this radical.
Is 泵 a loanword from English?
Yes. The dictionary data marks the pump sense as a loanword, and bèng sounds close to the English word pump. The character was built with 石 and 水 to fit the meaning.
What are some other words with 泵?
Besides 水泵 (shuǐbèng), you may see 油泵 (yóubèng) oil pump and 气泵 (qìbèng) air pump. The pattern is simple: put what is being pumped in front of 泵.