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塘

táng

HSK 5 Character

What 塘 means

1. dyke
2. embankment
3. pool or pond
4. hot-water bathing pool

Example sentences

• 池塘上有座桥。
  There is a bridge over the pond.
• 让孩子远离池塘。
  Keep children away from the pond.
• 汤姆掉进了池塘。
  Tom fell into the pool.
• 这个池塘有三米深。
  The pond is 3 meters deep.
• 溪水流进这个池塘里。
  Xīshuǐ liújìn zhège chítáng lǐ.
  The stream flows into the pond.
• 这个池塘里的水很少。
  There is little water in the pond.

Words starting with 塘

• 塘沽Táng gūTanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 滨海新区
• 塘鹅táng épelican (Morus bassanus); gannet; booby
• 塘角鱼táng jiǎo yúHong Kong catfish (Clarias fuscus)
• 塘虱táng shīcatfish (family Clariidae)
• 塘沽区Táng gū qūTanggu former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 滨海新区
• 塘堰táng yànirrigation pond or dam

Words containing 塘

• 池塘chí tángpool; pond
• 水塘shuǐ tángpool
• 荷塘hé tánglotus pond
• 鱼塘yú tángfishpond
• 钱塘江Qián táng JiāngQiantang River, the principal river of Zhejiang Province, eastern China, flowing through…
• 澡塘zǎo tángcommunal bath; common pool in bath house
• 火塘huǒ tángindoor fire pit
• 观塘Guàn tángKwun Tong district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
• 壤塘县Rǎng táng XiànZamthang, a county in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿坝藏族羌族自治州
• 岳塘区Yuè táng QūYuetang, a district of Xiangtan City 湘潭市
• 巴塘县Bā táng XiànBatang, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 平塘县Píng táng XiànPingtang, a county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州
• 理塘县Lǐ táng XiànLitang, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州
• 稳定塘wěn dìng tángwaste stabilization pond
• 荷塘区Hé táng QūHetang, a district of Zhuzhou City 株洲市
• 避风塘bì fēng tángtyphoon shelter…
• 钱塘区Qián táng QūQiantang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 钱塘潮Qián táng cháotidal bore of the Qiantang River 钱塘江
• 西乡塘区Xī xiāng táng QūXixiangtang, a district of Nanning City 南宁市
• 瞿塘峡Qú táng XiáQutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重庆
• 覃塘区Qín táng QūQintang, a district of Guigang City 贵港市
• 陂塘bēi tángpool; pond
• 蘅塘退士Héng táng Tuì shìassumed name of Sun Zhu 孙诛
• 钱塘Qián tángsee 钱塘江; see 钱塘区

Characters built on 唐

These share the phonetic component 唐 (táng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 糖tángsugar; sweets; candy
• 搪tángto keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏tánghalf congealed; pond
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 塘

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 辖xiálinchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle); (bound form) to govern…
• 缝féngto sew; to stitch
• 酶méienzyme; ferment
• 痫xiánepilepsy; insanity
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt
• 搪tángto keep out; to hold off; to ward off

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 搪to keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 螳praying mantis
• 醣carbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast