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杠子

gàng zidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
thick bar / solid carrying pole
Sources & editorial notes

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-86b5d9b709186341. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

槓子 杠子 [gang4 zi5] /thick bar/solid carrying pole/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 槓子

  • 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

  • 子
    zǐ

    son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / (prefix) sub-

    zi

    noun suffix, as in 椅子[yǐ zi] "chair"

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.