杠 - gàng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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杠 (槓)

gàng

Definition

thick pole
bar
rod
thick line
to mark with a thick line
to sharpen (knife)
(old) coffin-bearing pole

Other pronunciations

gāng

flagpole
footbridge

Character Decomposition

Related words (25)

杠刀

gàng dāo

to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)

杠夫

gàng fū

pole carrier; coffin-bearer

杠头

gàng tóu

argumentative man; chief coffin-bearer (arch.)

杠子

gàng zi

thick bar; solid carrying pole

杠杆

gàng gǎn

lever; gavelock; pry bar; crowbar; heaver; financial leverage

to shake; to rock

barbell

to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure; (Taiwanese, POJ pr. [kòng-ku])

杠杆原理

gàng gǎn yuán lǐ

(the) lever principle; law of levers; leverage principle

杠杆收购

gàng gǎn shōu gòu

leveraged buyout (LBO)

单杠

dān gàng

bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event)

双杠

shuāng gàng

parallel bars (gymnastics event)

trapeze (gymnastics)

to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles

crowbar

oblique bar; slash (computing)

bar; horizontal bar

car bumper

backslash (computing)

敲竹杠

qiāo zhú gàng

extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

盘杠子

pán gàng zi

to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar

高低杠

gāo dī gàng

uneven bars (gymnastics)

资金杠杆

zī jīn gàng gǎn

(finance) leverage; gearing

金融杠杆

jīn róng gàng gǎn

financial leverage; leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)

非杠杆化

fēi gàng gǎn huà

deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

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