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gāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gāng | gang1
English translation
steel
steel; hard, strong, tough

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About gāng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

gāng

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

metal

Etymology of gāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅冈

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

gāng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using gāng

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shè le 那支钢笔 gāng bǐ .

He picked up the pen.

需要 xūyào Chéng 3 Bǎi zhǒng 规格 guīgé de 钢材 gāng cái .

It needs steel rolled to 300 different specifications.

zhè 本来 běnlái shì jià hǎo 钢琴 gāng qín , dàn shì 完全 wánquán bèi qiāo huài le .

It had been a good piano in its time, but it was badly knocked around.

Dāo zài Shí shǎng , gāng zài Huǒ Zhōng liàn .

A knife is sharpened on the grindstone; steel is tempered in fire.

shāo de gāng 放入水中骤冷使 shǐ zhī 坚硬 jiānyìng .

Hot steel is quenched to harden it.

Words with gāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
钢琴 gāng qín piano鋼琴
gāng steel gāng
钢铁 gāngtiě steel鋼鐵
钢笔 gāng bǐ fountain pen鋼筆
钢材 gāng cái steel (as raw material)鋼材
不锈钢 bù xiù gāng stainless steel不銹鋼
钢筋 gāng jīn steel reinforcing bar鋼筋
钢板 gāng bǎn steel plate鋼板
钢管 gāng guǎn steel pipe鋼管
宝钢 Bǎo gāng Baosteel, China's largest steel maker寶鋼
钢丝 gāng sī steel wire鋼絲
钢琴家 gāng qín jiā pianist鋼琴家
钢琴师 gāng qín shī pianist鋼琴師
炼钢 liàn gāng steelmaking煉鋼
走钢丝 zǒu gāng sī to walk a tightrope (literally or figuratively)走鋼絲
钢厂 gāng chǎng a steelworks鋼廠
钢盔 gāng kuī metal helmet鋼盔
钢刀 gāng dāo sword鋼刀
钢珠 gāng zhū steel ball鋼珠
宝钢集团 Bǎo gāng Jí tuán Baosteel, China's largest steel maker寶鋼集團
钢化玻璃 gāng huà bō li reinforced glass鋼化玻璃
钢丝绳 gāng sī shéng hawser鋼絲繩
钢条 gāng tiáo steel bar鋼條
轧钢 zhá gāng to roll steel (into sheets or bars)軋鋼
钢轨 gāng guǐ steel rail鋼軌

gāng Decomposition & Compounds

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gāng Decomposition

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