羹 (gang1 | geng1) : thick soup; spoon; spoonful

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羹

gang1

geng1

[1] thick soup; liquid food; broth
[2] [粵] spoon | [國] 匙
[3] [粵] [classifier] spoonful (of sugar, etc)

(Classifier(s): (for spoon) 隻)

Stroke count: 19

Level: 1

Radical: 羊 (#123)

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

羹

This word has been viewed 7980 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Aug 2013 01:42

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匙羹 ci4 gang1 chi2 geng1 = spoon 粵

調羹 tiu4 gang1 tiao2 geng1 = spoon; to season soup

羹匙 gang1 ci4 geng1 chi2 = tablespoon 國

粟米羹 suk1 mai5 gang1 = corn soup 粵

蛇羹 se4 gang1 she2 geng1 = snake soup

五蛇羹 ng5 se4 gang1 wu3 she2 geng1 = five snake soup 粵

分杯羹 fan1 bui1 gang1 fen1 bei1 geng1 = want a piece of the cake; want one's share of the profit

閉門羹 bai3 mun4 gang1 bi4 men2 geng1 = denied entry

三蛇羹 saam1 se4 gang1 san1 she2 geng1 = Three Snake Soup (famous Guangdong dish)

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呢個人罄竹難書，請佢食蓮子羹平宜咗佢粵
This man was responsible for many countless wrong doings. We let him off easy by putting a bullet in him.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 羹
Unicode code for this character: U+7fb9 (off-site link)

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