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Character Decomposition
杠=木+工
Etymology
A wooden 木 lever 工; 工 also provides the pronunciation
Meanings2 pronunciations
gāng
flagpole
footbridge
gàng
(old) coffin-bearing pole
thick pole; bar; rod
bold line; thick stroke
to mark with a thick line
to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
(slang) to argue; to be deliberately argumentative
standard; criterion
hyphen; dash
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Words with 杠 47 total
bar · bold line · horizontal bar (gymnastics event)单杠dān gàngparallel bars (gymnastics event)双杠shuāng gàngto bicker · to argue for the sake of arguing · to carry on poles (together with sb else) · to carry a coffin on poles抬杠tái gàngtrapeze (gymnastics)吊杠diào gàngcrowbar撬杠qiào gàngslash; forward slash (punctuation mark) · (neologism, attested by 2016) (coll.) (attributive) pursuing multiple career paths concurrently; having a portfolio career; (of a career, identity etc) multi-path; multi-hyphenate; slashie斜杠xié gàng(slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person杠精gàng jīngto get into a dispute with杠上gàng shàngto sharpen a knife (or razor etc)杠刀gàng dāopole carrier · coffin-bearer杠夫gàng fūthick bar · solid carrying pole杠子gàng zito cross out杠掉gàng diàolever · pry bar · crowbar · financial leverage杠杆gàng gǎnto shake · to rock杠荡gàng dàngbarbell杠铃gàng líng(old) chief coffin bearer · (fig.) argumentative person · a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin gàng zi杠头gàng tóu(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜)杠龟gàng guībar · horizontal bar横杠héng gàngto carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar盘杠子pán gàng ziextortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness敲竹杠qiāo zhú gàngcar bumper保险杠bǎo xiǎn gàngbackslash (computing)反斜杠fǎn xié gàng(slang) (originally northeast dialect) excellent; great杠杠的gáng gáng deuneven bars (gymnastics)高低杠gāo dī gàng
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