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杠夫

gàng fūdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
pole carrier / coffin-bearer
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-90a02e299e05b0b6. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

槓夫 杠夫 [gang4 fu1] /pole carrier/coffin-bearer/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 槓夫

  • 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

  • 夫
    fū

    husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

    fú

    (classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

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