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岗

gǎng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 崗

What 岗 means

1. bound formhillock; mound
2. sentry post; policeman's beat
3. bound formjob; post

Other readings

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

• gāngvariant of 冈 gāng

Example sentences

• 我站岗。
  I stand guard.
• 回去站岗！
  Back to your stations!
• 问那边的警察岗哨。
  Wèn nàbian de jǐngchá gǎngshào.
  Ask at the police box over there.
• 水池是花岗岩做的。
  The washbasin is made of granite.
• 这个岗位不合适小姑娘。
  Zhège gǎngwèi bù héshì xiǎo gūniáng.
  The job isn't suitable for young girls.
• 计算机产业能够提供相当多的就业岗位。
  Jìsuànjī chǎnyè nénggòu tígōng xiāngdāng duō de jiùyè gǎngwèi.
  There are many jobs available in the computer industry.

Words starting with 岗

• 岗位gǎng wèia post; a job
• 岗哨gǎng shàolookout post; sentry post; sentry
• 岗亭gǎng tíngsentry box; police box
• 岗卡gǎng qiǎcheckpoint; Taiwan pr. gǎng kǎ
• 岗地gǎng dìnon-irrigated farmland on low hills
• 岗子gǎng zimound; hillock; welt (on the skin); ridge (on the road surface etc)
• 岗楼gǎng lóuwatchtower; guard tower; police booth
• 岗巴县Gǎng bā XiànKamba, a county in Shigatse City 日喀则市
• 岗仁波齐Gǎng rén bō qíMt Gang Rinpoche in Tibet; also written 冈仁波齐
• 岗位培训gǎng wèi péi xùnon-the-job training
• 岗位工资gǎng wèi gōng zīstandard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 绩效工资
• 岗位津贴gǎng wèi jīn tiēpost allowance; job-specific subsidy
• 岗巴Gǎng bāsee 岗巴县

Words containing 岗

• 下岗xià gǎng(of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty; (of a worker) be to laid off
• 上岗shàng gǎngto take up one's post; to go on duty; to take up a job
• 站岗zhàn gǎngto stand guard; to serve on sentry duty
• 花岗岩huā gāng yángranite
• 花岗石huā gāng shígranite
• 在岗zài gǎngto be at one's post
• 串岗chuàn gǎngto leave one's post while on duty
• 土岗tǔ gǎngmound; hillock
• 增岗zēng gǎngto increase the number of jobs; to create jobs
• 待岗dài gǎngto wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
• 复岗fù gǎng(of an employee) to return to one's job (e.g. after being temporarily stood down)
• 换岗huàn gǎngto relieve a sentry; to change the guard
• 查岗chá gǎngto check the guard posts; (colloquial) to check up on sb (spouse, employee etc)
• 石岗Shí GǎngShek Kong (area in Hong Kong)
• 脱岗tuō gǎngto take time off; to take leave (e.g. for study); to skive off work
• 设岗shè gǎngto post a sentry
• 调岗diào gǎngto transfer an employee to another post; reassignment; also pr. tiáo gǎng
• 轮岗lún gǎngto rotate jobs within an organization
• 返岗fǎn gǎngto resume one's former position (after being laid off)…
• 门岗mén gǎnggate
• 顶岗dǐng gǎngto replace sb on a workshift; to substitute for
• 南岗区Nán gǎng QūNangang, a district of Harbin City 哈尔滨市
• 红岗区Hóng gǎng QūHonggang, a district of Daqing City 大庆市
• 卧龙岗Wò lóng gǎngWollongong, Australia

Characters built on 冈

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

• 刚gāng(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 钢gāngsteel

Characters that look like 岗

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

• 宠chǒngto love; to pamper; to spoil
• 苗miáosprout
• 卤lǔto stew in soy sauce and spices
• 甫fǔ(classical) barely; just; just now
• 岿kuīhigh and mighty (of mountain); hilly
• 酉yǒu10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the…

Sounds the same

Read gǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 港harbor; port