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Meaning of 杠

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(Trad.: 槓)
Total strokes: 7; Radical:
Ideographic: A wooden lever ; also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
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    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ gōng ] labor, work; laborer, worker
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  • Pinyin: gàng
    English Definition: thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (knife); (old) coffin-bearing pole
    Chinese Definition:
    ①一种较粗的棍子:杠子。杠杆。
    ②在阅读或批改文字中作标记而画的粗直线。

    Example Words:
    杠杆 gàng gǎn lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage
    杠子 gàng zi thick bar; solid carrying pole
    双杠 shuāng gàng parallel bars (gymnastics event)
    抬杠 tái gàng to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles
    单杠 dān gàng bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event)
    More: 杠* | *杠 | *杠*
  • Pinyin: gāng
    English Definition: flagpole; footbridge
    Chinese Definition:
    ①旗杆。
    ②小桥。
    ③床前横木。

Example Sentences
1
Could you procure a stout iron bar between now and this evening?
2
稿
She crossed out all the superfluous words and phrases in the draft.
3
穿
便
They made two gold rings below the molding-two on opposite sides-to hold the poles used to carry it.
4
Schwinn
Sting
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Ray
It didn't matter to me that some friends had new Sting-Rays straight from the Schwinn factory. Or even that my dad put the sissy bar on backward, which exposed me to some teasing before we fixed it.
5
穿
They cast bronze rings to hold the poles for the four corners of the bronze grating.