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糖

táng

HSK 3 Character Measure word 颗、块

What 糖 means

1. sugar
2. sweets
3. candy

Other readings

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

• tángold variant of {糖|táng}

Example sentences

• 没有糖。
  There's no sugar.
• 糖溶于水。
  Sugar dissolves in water.
• 有没有糖？
  Is there any sugar?
• 我嚼口香糖。
  Wǒ jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng.
  I'm chewing gum.
• 多放一点糖。
  Duōfàng yīdiǎn táng.
  Put in a little more sugar.
• 我有糖尿病。
  I have diabetes.

Words starting with 糖

• 糖葫芦táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 糖尿病táng niào bìngdiabetes; diabetes mellitus
• 糖果táng guǒcandy
• 糖水táng shuǐsyrup; sweetened water; tong sui (sweet soup)
• 糖醋táng cùsweet and sour
• 糖浆táng jiāngsyrup
• 糖分táng fènsugar content
• 糖原táng yuánglycogen
• 糖友táng yǒudiabetes sufferer
• 糖弹táng dànsugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting…
• 糖房táng fángsugar mill
• 糖瓜táng guāmalt sugar candy, a traditional offering to the kitchen god Zaoshen 灶神
• 糖粉táng fěnicing sugar; confectioner's sugar; powdered sugar
• 糖精táng jīngsaccharin
• 糖衣táng yīfrosting or icing (on cakes etc); sugarcoating
• 糖类táng lèisugar (chemistry)
• 糖蛋白táng dàn báiglycoprotein
• 糖皮质激素táng pí zhì jī sùglucocorticosteroid (corticosteroid hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex)
• 糖脂táng zhīglycolipid
• 糖尿病足táng niào bìng zú(medicine) diabetic foot
• 糖衣炮弹táng yī pào dànsugar-coated bullets, term used by Mao (originally in 1949) to refer to corrupting…
• 糖蜜táng mìmolasses; syrup
• 糖稀táng xīmaltose syrup
• 糖汁táng zhīsyrup

Words containing 糖

• 白糖bái táng(refined) white sugar
• 口香糖kǒu xiāng tángchewing gum
• 冰糖bīng tángcrystal sugar; rock candy
• 血糖xuè tángblood sugar
• 葡萄糖pú tao tángglucose C6H12O6
• 红糖hóng tángbrown sugar
• 蜜糖mì tánghoney
• 砂糖shā tánggranulated sugar
• 泡泡糖pào pào tángbubble gum
• 冰糖葫芦bīng táng hú lusugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer; tanghulu
• 丁糖dīng tángtetrose (CH2O)4, monosaccharide with four carbon atoms
• 乳糖rǔ tánglactose
• 代糖dài tángsugar substitute
• 升糖shēng tángto raise blood glucose levels
• 喜糖xǐ tángsweet given on a happy occasion (esp. wedding)
• 单糖dān tángmonosaccharide
• 多糖duō tángpolysaccharide
• 己糖jǐ tánghexose (CH2O)6, monosaccharide with six carbon atoms, such as glucose 葡萄糖
• 方糖fāng tángsugar cube
• 木糖mù tángxylose (type of sugar)
• 果糖guǒ tángfructose
• 核糖hé tángribose
• 棒糖bàng tángsucker; lollipop
• 无糖wú tángsugar free

Characters built on 唐

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

• 塘tángdyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 搪tángto keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 醣tángcarbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏tánghalf congealed; pond
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 糖

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

• 翰hànwriting brush; writing; pen
• 糙cāorough; coarse (in texture)
• 檐yáneaves; ledge or brim
• 辘lùused in 辘辘; used in 轱辘; used in 辘轳
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 鲭qīngmackerel

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 塘dyke; embankment; pool or pond
• 堂(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 唐to exaggerate; empty; in vain
• 膛(bound form) hollow space
• 棠cherry-apple
• 瑭(jade)
• 搪to keep out; to hold off; to ward off
• 螳praying mantis
• 醣carbohydrate; old variant of 糖
• 溏half congealed; pond
• 踼to fall flat; to fall on the face
• 煻to warm; to toast