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姜

jiāng

Character Traditional 薑

What 姜 means

1. ginger

Other readings

姜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jiāngsurname Jiang
• jiāngvariant of {姜|jiāng}

Example sentences

• 姜是老的辣。
  The older, the wiser.
• 我讨厌姜味。
  I hate the taste of ginger.
• 她从姜黄里提取美丽色彩。
  Tā cóng jiānghuáng lǐ tíqǔ měilì sècǎi.
  She extracts beautiful colors from turmeric.
• 汤姆想知道哪里能买到姜黄。
  Tāngmǔ xiǎng zhīdào nǎlǐ néng mǎi dào jiānghuáng.
  Tom wanted to know where he could buy turmeric.
• 圣诞姜饼/蜂蜜饼是一种传统的德国点心
  Shèngdàn jiāngbǐng / fēngmì bǐng shì yīzhǒng chuántǒng de Déguó diǎnxin
  Christmas gingerbread, also called honey cake, is a traditional German dessert.

Words starting with 姜

• 姜文Jiāng WénJiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
• 姜子牙Jiāng Zǐ yáJiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor…
• 姜汁jiāng zhīginger ale
• 姜饼jiāng bǐnggingerbread
• 姜黄jiāng huángturmeric
• 姜石年Jiāng Shí niánJiang Shinian (c. 2000 BC), birth name of Shennong 神农
• 姜黄色jiāng huáng sèginger (color)
• 姜还是老的辣jiāng hái shì lǎo de làginger gets spicier as it gets older (idiom); the older, the wiser
• 姜戎Jiāng RóngJiang Rong (1946-), pseudonym of Lü Jiamin 吕嘉民
• 姜堰区Jiāng yàn QūJiangyan, a district of Taizhou City 泰州市
• 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩Jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōuJiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook…
• 姜太公Jiāng Tài gōngsee Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
• 姜是老的辣jiāng shì lǎo de làsee 姜还是老的辣
• 姜堰Jiāng yànsee 姜堰区

Words containing 姜

• 生姜shēng jiāngfresh ginger
• 干姜gān jiāngdried ginger
• 仔姜zǐ jiāngstem ginger
• 洋姜yáng jiāngJerusalem artichoke
• 黄姜huáng jiāngturmeric
• 孟姜女Mèng jiāng nǚheroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke…
• 生姜丝shēng jiāng sīshredded ginger
• 高良姜gāo liáng jiāngThai ginger; lesser galangale (Kaempferia galanga)

Characters that look like 姜

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

• 奏zòuto play music; to achieve; to present a memorial to the emperor (old)
• 秦Qínsurname Qin; Qin dynasty (221–207 BC) of the first emperor 秦始皇; short name for 陕西
• 晏yànlate; quiet
• 妾qièconcubine; I, your servant (deprecatory self-reference for women)
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy
• 劵juànold variant of 倦

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 将will; shall; to use
• 江river
• 疆border; boundary
• 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 浆thick liquid; to starch
• 矼stone bridge
• 缰bridle; reins; halter
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)