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Meaning of 夯

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Total strokes: 5; Radical:
Ideographic: A load that takes great strength
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] big, great, vast, high, deep
    • [ ] strength, power; capability, influence
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  • Pinyin: bèn
    English Definition: variant of
    Chinese Definition:
    ①同“笨”。
    Example Words:
    心拙口夯 xīn zhuō kǒu bèn variant of 心拙口笨
    夯货 bèn huò fool; stupid
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  • Pinyin: hāng
    English Definition: to tamp; (slang) popular; hot
    Chinese Definition:
    ①用重物把地或其他粒状材料砸密实。[合]把土夯实;夯硪(砸压)。
    ②[方言]用力猛击。[例]举起拳头向下夯。
    ③用力扛东西。[例]夯,大用力以肩举物。——《字汇》。[例]自家闺阁中物,不肯放下,反累及他人担夯,无乃大劳乎!——明·净善集《禅林宝训》。
    ④捞取。[合]夯市(纵兵大闹街市)。
    ⑤充胀,胀满。[例]有口难言,气夯破胸脯。——元·王实甫《西厢记》。
    ⑥另见bèn。

    Example Words:
    夯实 hāng shí to tamp; to ram (earth etc)
    打夯 hāng to ram; to tamp
    夯歌 hāng rammers' work chant
    夯土 hāng rammed earth
    齐打夯儿地 hāng r de in unison and with one voice (dialect)
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Example Sentences
1
They rammed the earth's surface flat before they built the roads.
2
15
Made of rammed earth and rubble, these fortifications became the basis for the Great Wall, most of which would be rebuilt in stone and brick during the 15th century A.D. under the Ming dynasty.
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20
40
The booming noise Ms. Bhatia refers to is piling, in which a 20-meter-tall crane rams a steel pole at least 40 meters into the ground to set a building's foundation.
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After using pneumatic rammer piling method, the construction cost was reduced, piling quality was raised and construction speed was increased.
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使
When the first motorway sections were built in Germany, various compaction units were already in use - including our rammers.