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杠头

gàng tóudictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(old) chief coffin bearer / (fig.) argumentative person / a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gàng zi]
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-1a7e4db8ba467402. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

槓頭 杠头 [gang4 tou2] /(old) chief coffin bearer/(fig.) argumentative person/a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子|杠子[gang4 zi5]/

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Other forms in these source records: 槓頭

  • 杠
    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

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.