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梁

liáng

HSK 6 Character

What 梁 means

1. roof beam
2. beam (structure)
3. bridge

Other readings

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

• LiángLiang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liang
• liángvariant of {梁|liáng}

Example sentences

• 上梁不正下梁歪。
  Shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi.
  A fish rots from the head down.
• 一条小路跨过桥梁，穿过田野，还爬上小丘。
  Yī tiáo xiǎolù kuàguò qiáoliáng, chuānguò tiányě, hái páshàng xiǎoqiū.
  A small road ran across the bridge, through the fields, and over a hill.
• 该州将修建特制的桥梁以便考拉和其他野生动物可以在避开汽车和卡车的情况下过马路
  Gāi zhōu jiāng xiūjiàn tèzhì de qiáoliáng yǐbiàn kǎolā hé qítā yěshēngdòngwù kěyǐ zài bìkāi qìchē hé kǎchē de qíngkuàng xià guòmǎlù
  The state will build specially made bridges so that koalas and other wildlife can cross roads while avoiding cars and trucks.
• 该州将修建特制的桥梁以便考拉和其他野生动物可以在避开汽车和卡车的情况下过马路。
  The state will build specially made bridges so that koalas and other wildlife can cross roads while avoiding cars and trucks.
• 这些高官和富商的大四合院常常有精美雕刻并粉刷的横梁和柱子，并伴有精心修剪的花园。
  Zhèxiē gāoguān hé fùshāng de dàsì héyuàn chángcháng yǒu jīngměi diāokè bìng fěnshuā de héngliáng hé zhùzi, bìng bànyǒu jīngxīn xiūjiǎn de huāyuán.
  The large siheyuans of these high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants often featured beautifully carved and painted roof beams and pillars and carefully landscaped gardens.

Words starting with 梁

• 梁朝Liáng cháoLiang Dynasty (502-557)
• 梁启超Liáng Qǐ chāoLiang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform…
• 梁祝Liáng ZhùThe Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯与祝英台
• 梁静茹Liáng Jìng rúFish Leong (1978–), Malaysian pop singer
• 梁书Liáng shūHistory of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史
• 梁木liáng mùbeam; rafter; lintel
• 梁架liáng jiàroof beam; rafters
• 梁赞Liáng zànRyazan, Russian city about 200 km southeast of Moscow
• 梁龙liáng lóngdiplodocus
• 梁园区Liáng yuán QūLiangyuan, a district of Shangqiu City 商丘市
• 梁山市Liáng shān shìLiangshan city in Shandong
• 梁山县Liáng shān XiànLiangshan, a county in Jining City 济宁市
• 梁平区Liáng píng QūLiangping, a district of Chongqing 重庆
• 梁振英Liáng Zhèn yīngLeung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 梁河县Liáng hé XiànLianghe, a county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture 德宏傣族景颇族自治州
• 梁上君子liáng shàng jūn zǐlit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief
• 梁子湖区Liáng zi hú QūLiangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市
• 梁山好汉Liáng shān hǎo hànthe heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水浒传
• 梁唐晋汉周书Liáng Táng Jìn Hàn Zhōu shūanother name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 旧五代史
• 梁溪区Liáng xī QūLiangxi, a district of Wuxi City 无锡市
• 梁辰鱼Liáng Chén yúLiang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school
• 梁湘Liáng XiāngLiang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
• 梁漱溟Liáng Shù míngLiang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
• 梁山伯与祝英台Liáng Shān bó yǔ Zhù Yīng táiThe Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu…

Words containing 梁

• 桥梁qiáo liángbridge (lit. and fig.)
• 鼻梁bí liángbridge of the nose
• 脊梁jǐ liángbackbone; spine; Taiwan pr. jǐ liang
• 栋梁dòng liángridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility
• 山梁shān liángmountain ridge
• 横梁héng liángbeam
• 高梁Gāo liángTakahashi (Japanese surname and place name)
• 大梁Dà liángcapital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
• 顶梁柱dǐng liáng zhùpillar; backbone
• 房梁fáng liángroof beam
• 脊梁骨jǐ liang gǔbackbone
• 上梁shàng liángto lay an upper beam; (a building's) upper beam; (a bicycle's) top tube
• 强梁qiáng liángruffian; bully
• 后梁Hòu LiángLater Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
• 提梁tí liánghandle in the shape of a hoop
• 柱梁zhù liángpillar
• 津梁jīn liáng(literary) guide; person or thing serving as a bridge to further progress
• 谷梁Gǔ liángtwo-character surname Guliang; abbr. for 谷梁传
• 箱梁xiāng liángbox girder (construction)
• 纵梁zòng liánglongitudinal beam
• 跳梁tiào liángto jump up and down; to run rampant
• 钢梁gāng liángsteel beam; girder
• 丁字梁dīng zì liángT-girder
• 南朝梁Nán cháo LiángLiang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

Characters built on 氵

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

• 江jiāngriver
• 湘Xiāngabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China…
• 粱liángsorghum

Characters that look like 梁

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

• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 乘chéngto ride; to mount; to make use of
• 柴cháifirewood; lean (of meat); thin (of a person)
• 浆jiāngthick liquid; to starch
• 梨lípear
• 圃pǔgarden; orchard

Sounds the same

Read liáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 凉cool; cold
• 良good; very; very much
• 粮grain; food; provisions
• 量to measure
• 粱sorghum
• 椋used in 椋鸟
• 踉used in 跳踉
• 俍(literary) to be good at; to be expert in; (literary) skilled craftsman
• 辌see 辒辌