Chinese word

拱

Pronunciation

Pinyingǒng

Meaning

  • verbarch

Example

旧桥的桥面拱起来了。jiù qiáo de qiáo miàn gǒng qǐ lái le

The deck of the old bridge has arched upward.

Illustration for 拱 (arch)

More examples

春季雨后，老桥的桥面慢慢拱起。chūn jì yǔ hòu lǎo qiáo de qiáo miàn màn màn gǒng qǐ

After the spring rains, the deck of the old bridge slowly arched upward.

Core concept

Something bends upward into a raised curve rather than staying flat.

Common phrases

  • 桥面拱起qiáo miàn gǒng qǐ

    bridge deck arch upward

  • 路面拱起lù miàn gǒng qǐ

    road surface arch upward

Similar words

弯曲wān qū: Curve into a nonstraight shape.
隆起lóng qǐ: Swell upward above the surrounding area.
翘起qiào qǐ: Turn upward from the tip in a bent-back shape.

Definition in Chinese

指物体局部因受力或变形向上隆起，弯成弧形的动作或状态。zhǐ wù tǐ jú bù yīn shòu lì huò biàn xíng xiàng shàng lóng qǐ wān chéng hú xíng de dòng zuò huò zhuàng tài

Word origin

拱 (gǒng, "to arch") is a semantic-phonetic character made from 扌 (shǒu, "hand") and 共 (gòng, "together"), with the hand element marking an action and 共 supplying the pronunciation.

Usage tips

  • The verb can describe either a surface rising by itself or an action that makes the surface rise, so Chinese can express both the change and its cause with the same word.

Other meanings

  • bulge upwardverb
  • swellverb

Opposites

  • 塌陷tā xiàncave inverb

Related words

  • 拱形gǒng xíngarchedadjective
  • 拱桥gǒng qiáoarch bridgenoun

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