杠
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(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
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 +3
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 杠
- Common rank
- #1,947
- Unicode
- U+6760
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Words with 杠
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 盘杠子 | to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar | |
| 非杠杆化 | deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan) | |
| 资金杠杆 | (finance) leverage; gearing | |
| 高低杠 | uneven bars (gymnastics) | |
| 斜杠青年 | young person who pursues multiple careers simultaneously; a young slashie | |
| 杠子 | thick bar; solid carrying pole | |
| 杠头 | (old) chief coffin bearer; (fig.) argumentative person; a kind of bread made with a dough … | |
| 保险杠 | car bumper | |
| 金融杠杆 | financial leverage; leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds) | |
| 杠上 | to get into a dispute with | |
| 单杠 | bar; bold line; horizontal bar (gymnastics event) | |
| 杠夫 | pole carrier; coffin-bearer | |
| 杠精 | (slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person | |
| 杠杆收购 | leveraged buyout (LBO) | |
| 双杠 | parallel bars (gymnastics event) | |
| 反斜杠 | backslash (computing) | |
| 杠刀 | to sharpen a knife (or razor etc) | |
| 横杠 | bar; horizontal bar | |
| 杠杆 | lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage | |
| 杠掉 | to cross out |