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tàng

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tàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tàng | tang4
English translation
to scald
to burn (by scalding)
to blanch (cooking)
to heat (sth) up in hot water
to perm
to iron
scalding hot
to scald; to iron clothes or hair

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About tàng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

tàng

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of tàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

汤火

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

Tāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and Tāng represents the sound. Simplified form of tàng .

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Example sentences using tàng

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ài 滚烫 gǔn tàng de chá .

He likes his tea nice and hot.

了摸滚烫 gǔn tàng de 绿坐垫 zuò diàn .

He felt the hot, green leather of the seat.

使劲 shǐ jìn de dēng zhāo Chē , fēng chuī 着发 tàng de 脸颊 liǎn jiá .

As he pedalled fiercely, the wind blew on his burning cheeks.

杀人犯 shā rén fàn 滚烫 gǔn tàng de 热水 rè shuǐ zài 被害人 bèi hài rén de 脸上.

The killer poured hot water over his victims'face.

很快 de jiāng shǒu Cóng Huǒ tàng de 熨斗 yùn dǒu shǎng suō le 回来 huí lai .

She quickly withdrew her hand from the hot iron.

Words with tàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tàng to scald tàng
烫伤 tàng shāng to scald燙傷
烫发 tàng fà perm (hairstyle)燙髮
滚烫 gǔn tàng boiling滾燙
发烫 fā tàng burning hot發燙
烫头发 tàng tóu fa perm燙頭髮
死猪不怕开水烫 sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng undaunted死豬不怕開水燙

tàng Decomposition & Compounds

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tàng Decomposition

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