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羹

gēng

Character

What 羹 means

1. thick soup

Words starting with 羹

• 羹汤gēng tāngsoup
• 羹藜含糗gēng lí hán qiǔnothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet…
• 羹藜唅糗gēng lí hān qiǔnothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet…

Words containing 羹

• 调羹tiáo gēngspoon; (esp.) Chinese soup spoon (often ceramic)
• 残羹cán gēngleftovers from a meal
• 羊羹yáng gēngyōkan, gelatin dessert typically made from red bean paste, agar, and sugar, sold in block…
• 肉羹ròu gēngstew; bouillon
• 拆鱼羹chāi yú gēnghand-shredded fish soup, a speciality of Shunde 顺德
• 海皇羹hǎi huáng gēngCantonese seafood soup
• 闭门羹bì mén gēng(fig.) denial of entry; flat refusal; cold rebuff
• 吃闭门羹chī bì mén gēngto be refused entrance; to find the door closed
• 残羹剩饭cán gēng shèng fànleftovers from a meal; fig. remnants handed down from others
• 瓢羹piáo gēng(dialect) spoon
• 莼羹鲈脍chún gēng lú kuài(idiom) the dishes from one's hometown; (idiom) homesickness
• 一杯羹yī bēi gēnglit. a cup of soup; fig. to get part of the profits; one's share of the action
• 分一杯羹fēn yī bēi gēng(fig.) to have a slice of the pie; to get a piece of the action

Characters that look like 羹

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

• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 魔mó(bound form) evil spirit; devil; (prefix) supernatural; magical
• 麓lùfoot of a hill
• 藜líname of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc); Chenopodium album
• 蹙cùto knit (one's brows); wrinkled (of brows); to hesitate
• 瀛yíngocean

Sounds the same

Read gēng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 耕to plow; to till
• 更to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the…
• 庚age; seventh of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; seventh in order
• 赓(literary) to continue; to carry on
• 㹴terrier; also pr. gěng
• 浭name of a river in Hebei
• 緪a rope
• 鹒used in 鸧鹒
• 羮variant of 羹
• 焿variant of 羹
• 絚old variant of 緪