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Meaning of 缸

Lookup via: Pinyin | Radicals
Pinyin: gāng
English Definition: jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry; Classifiers:
Chinese Definition:
①盛东西的器物,圆筒状,底小口大。用陶、瓷、玻璃等制成:水缸。缸子。
②用砂子、陶土等混合而成的一种质料:缸瓦。缸盆。
③像缸的器物:汽缸。
Total strokes: 9; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (pottery) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ fǒu ] earthen crock or jar; pottery
    • [ gōng ] labor, work; laborer, worker
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Example Words
水缸 shuǐ gāng water jar
浴缸 gāng bathtub
鱼缸 gāng fish tank; fishbowl; aquarium
烟灰缸 yān huī gāng ashtray
茶缸 chá gāng mug
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Example Sentences
1
Beautiful succulents fill huge Urns atop the entry court walls.
2
We all know the formula: a mind inhabiting a brain submerged in a vat.
3
This aquarium tank from the ice structure, ornamental fish frozen in the inside.
4
Perhaps we are brains in a vat, or living in the Matrix.
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Antecedents: Being Italian; nearly drowning in a vat of frozen dairy dessert.