Usage of the character 聳
sǒng
耸
[聳]
- to excite
- to raise up
- to shrug
- high
- lofty
- towering
gāosǒng
高耸
[高聳]
- erect
- towering
- to stand tall
sǒngjiān
耸肩
[聳肩]
- to shrug one's shoulders
sǒnglì
耸立
[聳立]
- to stand tall
- to tower aloft
sǒngdòng
耸动
[聳動]
- to shake (a part of one's body)
- to shrug (shoulders)
- to create a sensation
- to incite
wēicísǒngtīng
危辞耸听
[危辭聳聽]
- to startle sb with scary tale
wēiyánsǒngtīng
危言耸听
[危言聳聽]
- frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk
- reds under the beds
gāosǒngrùyún
高耸入云
[高聳入雲]
- tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
sǒngréntīngwén
耸人听闻
[聳人聽聞]
- to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people