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杭

Háng

Character

What 杭 means

1. surname Hang
2. abbr. for Hangzhou {杭州|Háng zhōu}

Example sentences

• 他从杭州来。
  Tā cóng Hángzhōu lái.
  He comes from Hangzhou.
• 他来自杭州。
  He's from Hangzhou.
• 杭州是一个美丽的城市。
  Hángzhōu shì yī gè měilì de chéngshì.
  Hangzhou is a beautiful city.
• 他是跟他爸爸去杭州的吗？
  Tā shì gēn tā bàba qù Hángzhōu de ma?
  Did he go to Hangzhou with his dad?

Words starting with 杭

• 杭州市Háng zhōu ShìHangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province 浙江省
• 杭锦Háng jǐnHanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 杭州湾Háng zhōu wānHangzhou Bay
• 杭锦旗Háng jǐn qíHanggin banner, Mongolian Xanggin khoshuu, in Ordos prefecture 鄂尔多斯
• 杭锦后旗Háng jǐn hòu qíHanggin Rear banner or Xanggin Xoit khoshuu in Bayan Nur 巴彦淖尔
• 杭州Háng zhōusee 杭州市

Words containing 杭

• 苏杭Sū HángSuzhou 苏州
• 上杭县Shàng háng XiànShanghang, a county in Longyan City 龙岩市
• 余杭区Yú háng QūYuhang, a district of Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 京杭运河Jīng Háng Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 京杭大运河Jīng Háng Dà Yùn héthe Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
• 上有天堂，下有苏杭shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Hánglit. there is heaven above, and there is 苏杭; fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and…
• 上杭Shàng hángsee 上杭县
• 余杭Yú hángsee 余杭区

Characters built on 亢

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

• 航hángboat; ship; craft
• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 肮āngused in 肮脏
• 炕kàngkang (a heatable brick bed); to bake; to dry by the heat of a fire
• 伉kàngspouse; big and tall; strong
• 沆hànga ferry; fog; flowing
• 钪kàngscandium (chemistry)
• 闶kāngused in 闶阆; Taiwan pr. kàng

Characters that look like 杭

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

• 抗kàngto resist; to fight; to defy
• 扰rǎoto disturb
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive
• 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
• 杖zhànga staff; a rod; cane
• 眈dānused in 眈眈

Sounds the same

Read Háng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 航boat; ship; craft
• 行(bound form) row; line; (bound form) line of business; trade; profession…
• 吭throat
• 绗to quilt
• 桁cangue (stocks to punish criminals)
• 颃fly down
• 筕see 筕篖