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蹭 meaning in English

cèng

to rub against; to walk slowly

HSK 7-9verb19 strokes

Meaning of 蹭

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cèng
  1. to rub against
  2. to walk slowly
  3. (coll.) to freeload

蹭 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ磨mó蹭cèng什shén么me呀ya，快kuài点diǎn去qù吧ba。
What are you lingering for? Hurry up and go.
我wǒ去qù你nǐ那nà蹭cèng饭fàn吃chī。
I'm going to mooch a meal off you at your place.
要yào不bú是shì他tā这zhè么me磨mó磨mó蹭cèng蹭cèng，现xiàn在zài早zǎo做zuò完wán了le。
If he hadn't wasted time, he'd be finished by now.

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蹭 cèng · to rub against · 19 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 蹭.

磨蹭mócengto rub lightly; to move slowly; to dawdle; to dillydally
磨磨蹭蹭mómócèngcèngto dillydally; slow-going

Questions about 蹭

What does 蹭 mean?

蹭 (cèng) means "to rub against; to walk slowly" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 蹭?

蹭 is made of 1 character: 蹭 (19 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.

Is 蹭 an HSK word?

Yes. 蹭 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

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