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汤

tāng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 湯

What 汤 means

1. soup
2. hot or boiling water
3. decoction of medicinal herbs
4. water in which sth has been boiled

Other readings

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

• shāngrushing current
• Tāngsurname Tang

Example sentences

• 喝汤。
  Eat soup.
• 汤姆！
  Tom!
• 汤姆？
  Tom?
• 汤很稠。
  Tāng hěn chóu.
  The soup is thick.
• 杀汤姆。
  Kill Tom.
• 我喝汤。
  I'm having soup.

Words starting with 汤

• 汤圆tāng yuánboiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
• 汤匙tāng chísoup spoon; tablespoon
• 汤汁tāng zhīsoup; broth
• 汤包tāng bāosteamed dumpling
• 汤加Tāng jiāTonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
• 汤面tāng miànnoodles in soup
• 汤普森Tāng pǔ sēn(name) Thompson
• 汤剂tāng jìdecoction; potion
• 汤块tāng kuàibouillon cube
• 汤婆tāng póhot-water bottle
• 汤料tāng liàoraw materials for making soup; packaged soup mix
• 汤浴tāng yù(old) hot bath
• 汤盘tāng pánsoup plate
• 汤种tāng zhǒngwater roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and…
• 汤药tāng yàotisane; decoction (Chinese medicine)
• 汤类tāng lèisoup dishes (on menu)
• 汤力水tāng lì shuǐtonic water
• 汤博乐Tāng bó lèTumblr (microblogging and social networking website)
• 汤原县Tāng yuán XiànTangyuan, a county in Jiamusi City 佳木斯市
• 汤婆子tāng pó zihot-water bottle
• 汤旺县Tāng wàng XiànTangwang, a county in Yichun City 伊春市
• 汤阴县Tāng yīn XiànTangyin, a county in Anyang City 安阳市
• 汤显祖Tāng Xiǎn zǔTang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭
• 汤加群岛Tāng jiā Qún dǎoTonga

Words containing 汤

• 鸡汤jī tāngchicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good…
• 泡汤pào tāng(colloquial) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall…
• 清汤qīng tāngbroth; clear soup; consommé
• 肉汤ròu tāngmeat soup; broth
• 米汤mǐ tāngwater in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
• 落汤鸡luò tāng jīa person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
• 赴汤蹈火fù tāng dǎo huǒlit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)…
• 浓汤nóng tāngthick soup; puree
• 例汤lì tāngsoup of the day
• 商汤Shāng TāngShang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
• 奶汤nǎi tāngwhite broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
• 母汤mǔ tāng(Taiwan; slang) don't; must not; won't do…
• 池汤chí tānglarge pool in a bathhouse
• 白汤bái tāngclear soup; white broth, also called 奶汤; decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and…
• 金汤jīn tāngimpregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城汤池
• 头汤tóu tāngfirst bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second…
• 香汤xiāng tāngwarm bathwater infused with aromatic herbs; scented bathwater
• 高汤gāo tāngclear soup; soup stock
• 面汤miàn tāngnoodle soup; noodles in soup; noodle broth
• 黄汤huáng tāngliquor; booze; murky, muddy water
• 司汤达Sī tāng dáStendhal
• 孟婆汤mèng pó tāngpotion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po 孟婆
• 小汤山Xiǎo tāng shānXiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
• 毒鸡汤dú jī tāng(colloquial) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 鸡汤

Characters that look like 汤

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

• 场chǎnglarge place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 违wéito disobey; to violate; to separate
• 译yìto translate; to interpret
• 扬yángto raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing
• 肠chángintestines
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold

Sounds the same

Read tāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 趟to wade; to trample; to turn the soil
• 镗noise of drums
• 羰carbonyl (radical)
• 蹚to wade; to trample
• 㓥(Cantonese) to butcher; to cut open; to chop up (used in 㓥房
• 嘡(onomatopoeia) clang; bong; bang