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杠杆

gàng gǎn

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 槓桿

杠杆 (gàng gǎn) means "lever; pry bar; crowbar". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 杠杆 means

1. lever
2. pry bar
3. crowbar
4. financial leverage

The characters in 杠杆

• 杠gàngcoffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line
• 杆gǎnstick; pole; lever

Words starting with 杠杆

• 杠杆收购gàng gǎn shōu gòuleveraged buyout (LBO)

Words containing 杠杆

• 资金杠杆zī jīn gàng gǎn(finance) leverage; gearing
• 金融杠杆jīn róng gàng gǎnfinancial leverage; leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)
• 非杠杆化fēi gàng gǎn huàdeleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

Where 杠杆 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fū–gān (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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