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浆

jiāng

Character Traditional 漿

What 浆 means

1. thick liquid
2. to starch

Other readings

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

• jiàngvariant of {糨|jiàng}

Example sentences

• 能把枫糖浆递给我吗？
  Could you pass me the maple syrup?
• 咳嗽糖浆有股甘草的味道。
  Késou tángjiāng yǒu gǔ gāncǎo de wèidao.
  The cough syrup has a licorice flavoring.
• 借由煮沸以减少黏浆状物质。
  Jièyóu zhǔfèi yǐ jiǎnshǎo nián jiāng zhuàngwù zhì.
  Reduce to pulp by boiling.
• 我们早餐吃了煎饼和枫糖浆。
  We ate pancakes and maple syrup for breakfast.
• 阿萨伊是一种产自巴西帕拉州的浆果。
  Acai is a berry that comes from the state of Pará, Brazil.
• 龙舌兰日出由柳橙汁、龙舌兰酒和石榴糖浆调制而成。
  The Tequila Sunrise is made with orange juice, tequila, and grenadine.

Words starting with 浆

• 浆糊jiàng hupaste; Taiwan pr. jiàng hú
• 浆果jiāng guǒberry
• 浆洗jiāng xǐto wash and starch
• 浆硬jiāng yìngto starch; to stiffen cloth with starch
• 浆纸jiàng zhǐpaper pulp
• 浆膜jiāng móserosa; serous membrane (smooth moist delicate membranes lining body cavities)

Words containing 浆

• 豆浆dòu jiāngsoy milk
• 泥浆ní jiāngslurry; mud
• 血浆xuè jiāngblood plasma
• 糖浆táng jiāngsyrup
• 脑浆nǎo jiāngbrains
• 岩浆yán jiāng(geology) magma
• 乳浆rǔ jiāngmilky liquid; whey
• 包浆bāo jiāngpatina (sheen on the surface of an antique)
• 清浆qīng jiāngunsweetened soy milk; plain soy milk
• 灌浆guàn jiānggrouting; (of grain) to be in the milk; to form a vesicle (medicine)
• 灰浆huī jiāngmortar (for masonry)
• 米浆mǐ jiāngrice milk
• 纸浆zhǐ jiāngpaper pulp
• 胞浆bāo jiāngcytoplasm
• 酒浆jiǔ jiāngwine
• 酸浆suān jiāngChinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi); winter cherry; strawberry ground-cherry…
• 电浆diàn jiāngplasma (physics)
• 鱼浆yú jiāngsurimi
• 涂浆台tú jiàng táipasting table (for wallpapering)
• 岩浆岩yán jiāng yánigneous rock
• 岩浆流yán jiāng liúlava flow
• 毛酸浆máo suān jiānghusk ground-cherry; husk tomato (Physalis pubescens)
• 蜂王浆fēng wáng jiāngroyal jelly
• 蜂皇浆fēng huáng jiāngroyal jelly

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…
• 酱jiàngthick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle

Characters that look like 浆

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

• 案àn(legal) case; incident; record
• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor
• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 炭tànwood charcoal; coal
• 桨jiǎngoar; paddle
• 衮gǔnimperial robe

Sounds the same

Read jiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 将will; shall; to use
• 江river
• 疆border; boundary
• 僵rigid; deadlock; stiff (corpse)
• 姜ginger
• 矼stone bridge
• 缰bridle; reins; halter
• 豇used in 豇豆
• 茳used in 茳芏
• 礓a small stone
• 橿Quercus glauca
• 螀cicada (Cosmopsaltria opalifera)