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liáng

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liáng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liáng | liang2
English translation
bridge; beam

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About liáng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

liáng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

A wooden  beam  Liáng Liáng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of liáng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

木梁

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Words with liáng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Liáng roof beam Liáng
桥梁 qiáoliáng bridge (lit. and fig.)橋梁
横梁 héng liáng beam橫梁
鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose鼻梁 bí liáng
脊梁 jǐ liang backbone脊梁 jǐ liang
顶梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar頂梁柱
梁山 Liáng shān Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁 Jǐ níng [Jǐ​níng], Shandong梁山 Liáng shān
挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng
脊梁骨 jǐ liang gǔ backbone脊梁骨 jǐ liang gǔ
偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù to replace the original with a fake偷梁換柱
大梁 Dà liáng capital of Wei wèi during Warring states大梁 Dà liáng
梁静茹 Liáng Jìng rú Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer梁靜茹
梁启超 Liáng Qǐ chāo Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898梁啟超
栋梁 dòng liáng ridgepole棟梁
梁祝 Liáng Zhù The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale梁祝 Liáng Zhù
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
吕梁 Lǚ liáng Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 呂梁
山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge山梁 shān liáng
逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān to drive to revolt逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān
钢梁 gāng liáng steel beam鋼梁
后梁 Hòu Liáng Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)後梁

liáng Decomposition & Compounds

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