Chinese Word: 炕 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

炕

Pinyin: kàng

English Definition: kang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire

Chinese Definition:
①北方用砖、坯等砌成的睡觉的台，下面有洞，连通烟囱，可以烧火取暖：炕席。火炕。土炕。
②烤：把湿衣服放在火边炕一炕。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 火

Pictophonetic:亢 indicates the sound; 火 (fire) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 火 [ huǒ ] fire, flame; to burn; anger, rage
- 亢 [ kàng ] high, proud; violent, excessive; skilled; surname

Similar Characters: 抗坑

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土炕	tǔ kàng	heated brick common bed
炕床	kàng chuáng	heatable brick bed
尿炕	niào kàng	bed-wetting
老婆孩子热炕头	lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou	wife, kids and a warm bed (idiom); the simple and good life
落炕	lào kàng	to be laid up in bed with illness

1		liǎng gè 两个 xiǎo shí 小时 yǐ hòu 以后， tā 他 cái ràng 才让 tā 她 pá shàng 爬上 kàng 炕 lái 来。 After two hours, he let her crawl back in bed.
2		zhè xiē 这些 fáng zi 房子 lǐ 里 yǒu 有 shí tou 石头 huò 或 zhuān 砖 lěi 垒 de 的 kàng 炕。 In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick.
3		jiè shào 介绍 le 了 bù jìn 步进 kǎo yān 烤烟 kàng fáng 炕房 de 的 jié gòu 结构 jí 及 tè diǎn 特点。 The structure and the characteristics of the stepped tobacco baking house were introduced.
4		“ dōng xi 东西 dōu 都 zhǔn bèi hǎo 准备好 le 了， wǒ men 我们 xiān 先 gān 干 ba 吧。 ” wǒ 我 shuō 说， “ zǎo 早 wán gōng 完工 zǎo diǎn 早点 huǒ 火， bù rán 不然 kàng 炕 shāo 烧 bù 不 gān 干。 ” "Everything is ready, let's begin. " I said, " We need to finish earlier and fire up earlier, or the Kang would not dry. "
5		zhuài zhù 拽住 mèi mei 妹妹 gē bo 胳膊 wàn 腕 wàn 腕， lā zhù 拉住 mèi mei 妹妹 nà 那 xiǎo shǒu 小手 shǒu 手， yī bǎ 一把 lā 拉 zài 在 nà 那 kàng 炕 lǐ tou 里头。 Brother holds Sister's small hand and pulls her onto the Kang(bed).

1		liǎng gè 两个 xiǎo shí 小时 yǐ hòu 以后， tā 他 cái ràng 才让 tā 她 pá shàng 爬上 kàng 炕 lái 来。 After two hours, he let her crawl back in bed.
2		zhè xiē 这些 fáng zi 房子 lǐ 里 yǒu 有 shí tou 石头 huò 或 zhuān 砖 lěi 垒 de 的 kàng 炕。 In these houses, there are kangs built of stone or brick.
3		jiè shào 介绍 le 了 bù jìn 步进 kǎo yān 烤烟 kàng fáng 炕房 de 的 jié gòu 结构 jí 及 tè diǎn 特点。 The structure and the characteristics of the stepped tobacco baking house were introduced.
4		“ dōng xi 东西 dōu 都 zhǔn bèi hǎo 准备好 le 了， wǒ men 我们 xiān 先 gān 干 ba 吧。 ” wǒ 我 shuō 说， “ zǎo 早 wán gōng 完工 zǎo diǎn 早点 huǒ 火， bù rán 不然 kàng 炕 shāo 烧 bù 不 gān 干。 ” "Everything is ready, let's begin. " I said, " We need to finish earlier and fire up earlier, or the Kang would not dry. "
5		zhuài zhù 拽住 mèi mei 妹妹 gē bo 胳膊 wàn 腕 wàn 腕， lā zhù 拉住 mèi mei 妹妹 nà 那 xiǎo shǒu 小手 shǒu 手， yī bǎ 一把 lā 拉 zài 在 nà 那 kàng 炕 lǐ tou 里头。 Brother holds Sister's small hand and pulls her onto the Kang(bed).