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gǎng

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gǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gǎng | gang3
English translation
post; position

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About gǎng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

gǎng

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of gǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山岡

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

gāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shān represents the meaning and gāng represents the sound. Simplified form of gǎng .

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Words with gǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
岗位 gǎngwèi a post崗位
gǎng mound gǎng
下岗 xià gǎng laid-off下崗
上岗 shàng gǎng to take up one's post上崗
站岗 zhàn gǎng to stand guard站崗
花岗岩 huā gāng yán granite花崗岩
岗哨 gǎng shào sentry崗哨
换岗 huàn gǎng to relieve a sentry換崗
龙岗 Lóng gǎng Longgang district of Shenzhen City 深圳市 Shēn zhèn shì , Guangdong龍崗
石岗 Shí Gǎng Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong)石崗
花岗石 huā gāng shí granite花崗石
龙岗区 Lóng gǎng qū Longgang district of Shenzhen City 深圳市 Shēn zhèn shì , Guangdong龍崗區
南岗区 Nán gǎng qū Nangang district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 Hā ěr bīn [Hā​'ěr​bīn] in Heilongjiang南崗區
岗楼 gǎng lòu watchtower崗樓
萝岗区 Luó gǎng qū Luogang district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市 Guǎng zhōu shì [Guǎng​zhōu​shì], Guangdong蘿崗區
爱岗敬业 aì gǎng jìng yè industrious and hard-working愛崗敬業
黄花岗 Huáng huā gǎng Huanghuagang (Chrysanthemum Hill) in Guangzhou, scene of disastrous uprising of 23rd April 1911黃花崗
鹤岗 Hè gǎng Hegang prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江 Hēi lóng jiāng [Hēi​lóng​jiāng] in northeast China鶴崗
设岗 shè gǎng to post a sentry設崗

gǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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