杠 gāng ㄍㄤ gong3

  • flagpole
  • footbridge

杠 槓 gàng ㄍㄤˋ

  • coffin-bearing pole (old)
  • thick pole; bar; rod
  • thick line
  • to mark with a thick line
  • to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
  • to get into a dispute with
  • standard; criterion
  • hyphen; dash

杠 gàng ㄍㄤˋ gong3

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Example sentences

  • 汤姆 湯姆 ( Tāng mǔ tong1 mou5 ) 被 ( bèi bei6 ) 敲竹杠 敲竹槓 ( qiāo zhú gàng haau1 zuk1 gong3 ) 了 ( le liu5 )。

    Tom got ripped off.

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