Taxonomy of meanings for 騰:　　

  • 騰 téng (OC: lɯɯŋ MC: dəŋ) 徒登切 平 廣韻：【馳也躍也説文曰傳也一曰犗馬也徒登切十一 】
    • FLY
      • vadNflying, soaring
      • viactrise up and fly, soar
      • viprocessrise up, fly up (of inanimate substances)
      • vtoNrise above, soar above, soar through
    • JUMP
      • vadNjumping
      • vtoN.adVleaping from
    • LEISURE
      • vi.redbe at ease, be at leisure, be relaxed
    • RISE
      • vichangerise higher
    • TRANSMIT
      • vtoNpass on
  • téngASCEND
    • vtoNfly up (a difficult mountain); ascend (a steep difficult terrain)CH

Additional information about 騰

說文解字:

    Criteria
  • FLY

    1. The dominant word in this group is fēi 飛 which usually refers to the flying in a certain direction.

    2. Áo xiáng 翱翔, yǐ nǐ 旖旎, fān 翻, fēn fēn 翂翂, zhì zhì 翐翐, and the rare nǐ 旎 are poetic words referring to the fluttering back and forth of birds, the latter mostly to the fluttering of a flag.

    3. 翔 refers to soaring high, according to learned commentators without much movement of the wings.

    4. Áo 翱 is to soar high, according to learned commentators fluttering back and forth.

    5. 翩 refers to short distance fluttering or flaying.

    6. Téng 騰 refers to the soaring high up into the sky, typically of big and impressive creatures like birds and dragons.

    Word relations
  • Ant: (FLY)降/DESCEND The current word for descending is jiàng 降 (ant. shēng 升 "ascend", dēng 登 "ascend").
  • Epithet: (FLY)蛇/SNAKE
  • Synon: (RISE)舉/RISE