鋼 (gong3 gong1 | gang1 gang4) : steel; sharpen

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鋼

gong3 gong1

gang1 gang4

[粵] gong3 | [國] gang1
[n] steel

[粵] gong1 | [國] gang4
[v] sharpen; whet; strop

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Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 2

Radical: (#167)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

鋼 / 钢

This word has been viewed 8413 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2014 13:56

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不銹鋼 bat1 sau3 gong3 bu4 xiu4 gang1 = stainless steel

鋼筆 gong3 bat1 gang1 bi3 = fountain pen, ink pen

鋼琴 gong3 kam4 gang1 qin2 = piano (pianoforte)

鋼鐵 gong3 tit3 gang1 tie3 = steel

不鏽鋼 bat1 sau3 gong3 bu4*2 xiu4 gang1 = stainless steel

鋼筋 gong3 gan1 gang1 jin1 = rebar, structural steel

鋼材 gong3 coi4 gang1 cai2 = steel products

鋼骨 gong3 gwat1 = steel bars or mesh, rebar

鋼骨水泥 gong3 gwat1 seoi2 nai4 = reinforced concrete

打鋼琴 daa2 gong3 kam4 = to play the piano (彈鋼琴 is far more commonly used)

鋼琴家 gong3 kam4 gaa1 gang1 qin2 jia1 = pianist

鋼架 gong3 gaa3*2 = steel frame

煉鋼廠 lin6 gong3 cong2 = a steel mill

鋼索 gong3 sok3 = a tightrope, a tightwire (lit., "steel rope")

彈鋼琴 taan4 gong3 kam4 tan2 gang1 qin2 = to play the piano

玻璃鋼 bo1 lei4*1 gong3 bo1 li5 gang1 = glass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass

合金鋼 hap6 gam1 gong3 he2 jin1 gang1 = alloy steel

金鋼砂 gam1 gong3 saa1 = emery

鋼纜 gong3 laam6 gang1 lan3 = steel cable, wire cable, steel hawser, hoisting cable, guy rope

羽管鋼琴 jyu5 gun2 gong3 kam4 = a harpsichord

踩鋼綫 caai2 gong3 sin3 = ropedancer; ropewalker; wirewalking 粵

走鋼絲 zau2 gong3 si1 zou3 gang1 si1 = ropedancer; ropewalker; wirewalking

鋼綫 gong3 sin3*2; gong3 sin3 = 綫3*2: bicycle spoke wire; 綫3: steel wire armored cable 粵

百煉成鋼 baak3 lin6 sing4 gong3 bai3 lian4 cheng2 gang1 = very strong after a long workout (lit., "tempered into steel")

鋼管舞 gong3 gun2 mou5 gang1 guan3 wu3 = pole dance

鋼鐵學院 gong3 tit3 hok6 jyun6*2 gang1 tie3 xue2 yuan4 = The Beijing Iron and Steel Engineering Institute

鋼絃 gong3 jin4 gang1 xian2 = steel string

鋼辣斯基 gong3 laat6 si1 gei1 gang1 la4 si1 ji1 = Colossus (of X-Men)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Unicode code for this character: U+92fc (off-site link)

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