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桨

jiǎng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 槳 Measure word 只

What 桨 means

1. oar; paddle

Example sentences

• 这艘船有六个桨。
  Zhè sōu chuán yǒu liù gè jiǎng.
  This boat has six oars.
• 在一个晴朗的十月天，奈尼湖在午后阳光下波光粼粼，船夫划桨载着游客穿过这片山区度假胜地最核心的景观，草木繁茂、松林复盖的喜马拉雅山峰将其包围。
  On a clear October day, Naini Lake shimmers in the afternoon sun as boatmen row tourists across the hill resort’s prime attraction nestled amid lush, pine-clothed Himalayan peaks.

Words starting with 桨

• 桨手jiǎng shǒurower; oarsman
• 桨板jiǎng bǎnstand-up paddleboarding (SUP); stand-up paddleboard; blade of a propeller

Words containing 桨

• 划桨huá jiǎngto paddle
• 涡桨wō jiǎngturboprop
• 船桨chuán jiǎngoar
• 螺桨luó jiǎngpropeller
• 螺旋桨luó xuán jiǎngpropeller

Characters built on 丬

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

• 将jiāngwill; shall; to use
• 奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 酱jiàngthick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste

Characters that look like 桨

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

• 类lèikind; type; class; category; (classifier) kind; type; (bound form) to resemble…
• 莱láiname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 奖jiǎngprize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food); (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 巢cháonest

Sounds the same

Read jiǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 讲to speak; to explain; to negotiate
• 奖prize; award; bonus; reward; (bound form) to encourage; to commend; to praise; to award…
• 膙(bound form) callus
• 塂(dialect) hill
• 耩to plow; to sow
• 顜honest; upright
• 蒋surname Jiang; Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石
• 奬variant of 奖