xiān téng

Traditional: 掀騰

掀腾 (xiān téng) is a Chinese word meaning “to surge up; raging (billows)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to surge up
  2. 2raging (billows)

Characters in 掀腾

掀xiān · to lift (a lid)腾téng · (bound form) to gallop; to prance

Related words

折腾to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)沸腾(of a liquid) to boil掀起to lift; to raise (a lid etc)腾(bound form) to gallop; to prance腾出to make (some time or space) available (for sb)掀to lift (a lid)图腾totem (loanword)热腾腾steaming hot掀翻to turn sth over掀开to lift open腾空to rise into the air; to become airborne闹腾to disturb

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