撐〔撑〕 caang¹ {chēng}

1. to support
2. to prop up
3. to push or move with a pole
4. to maintain
5. to open or unfurl
6. to fill to bursting point
7. brace
8. stay
9. support

撐船〔撑-〕 caang¹ syun⁴ {chēng chuán}

punting a boat

撐艇〔撑-〕 caang¹ teng⁵ {chēng tǐng}

noun; Punt a boat

撐持〔撑-〕 caang¹ ci⁴ {chēng chí}

1. (fig.) to sustain
2. to shore up

撐杆〔撑-〕 caang¹ gon¹ {chēng gān}

1. a pole
2. a prop

撐腰〔撑-〕 caang¹ jiu¹ {chēng yāo}

1. to support
2. to brace

撐破〔撑-〕 caang¹ po³ {chēng pò}

to burst

撐死〔撑-〕 caang¹ sei² {chēng sǐ}

1. full to the point of bursting
2. (coll.) at most

撐拒〔撑-〕 caang³ keoi⁵ {chēng jù}

1. to resist
2. to struggle
3. to sustain

撐艇仔〔撑--〕 caang¹ teng⁵ zai² {chēng tǐng zǐ}

noun; Punt a boat; or Kangxi radical 162 "辵"

撐枱腳〔撑-脚〕 caang¹ toi⁴ goek³ {chēng sì jiǎo}

two people having a meal together; a couple going on a date to a restaurant

撐檯腳〔撑台脚〕 caang³ toi² goek³ {chēng tái jiǎo}

to go on a meal date with another person (loved one or anyone)

撐場面〔撑场-〕 caang¹ coeng⁴ min⁶ {chēng chǎng miàn}

1. to keep up appearances
2. to put up a front

撐桿跳〔撑杆-〕 caang¹ gon¹ tiu³ {chēng gān tiào}

pole-vaulting

撐竿跳〔撑--〕 caang¹ gon¹ tiu³ {chēng gān tiào}

1. pole-vaulting
2. also written 撐桿跳

撐門面〔撑门-〕 caang³ mun⁴ min⁶ {chēng mén miàn}

1. to keep up appearances
2. to put up a front

撐桿跳高〔撑杆--〕 caang¹ gon¹ tiu³ gou¹ {chēng gān tiào gāo}

pole-vaulting

撐竿跳高〔撑---〕 caang¹ gon¹ tiu³ gou¹ {chēng gān tiào gāo}

1. pole vault
2. also written 撐桿跳高

撐死膽大的，餓死膽小的〔撑-胆---饿-胆--〕 caang³ sei² daam² daai⁶ dik¹, ngo⁶ sei² daam² siu² dik¹ {chēng sǐ dǎn dà de , è sǐ dǎn xiǎo de}

fullness for the bold, famine for the timid (idiom)