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膛

táng

HSK 6 Character

What 膛 means

1. bound formhollow space

Words starting with 膛

• 膛径táng jìngcaliber (of a gun)
• 膛线táng xiànrifling (helical grooves inside the barrel of a gun)

Words containing 膛

• 胸膛xiōng tángchest
• 上膛shàng tángroof of the mouth; to load a gun
• 枪膛qiāng tángbore of a gun
• 滑膛huá tángsmoothbore
• 炸膛zhà táng(of a gun) to explode; to blow up
• 炉膛lú tángfurnace chamber; stove chamber
• 脸膛liǎn tángfacial contour; facial shape
• 上牙膛shàng yá tángpalate (roof of the mouth)
• 开膛手杰克Kāi táng shǒu Jié kèJack the Ripper

Characters built on 月

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

• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect
• 朗lǎngclear; bright
• 脏zāngdirty; filthy; to get (sth) dirty
• 胀zhàngto swell; to distend; to expand; swollen; bloated
• 肠chángintestines
• 胖pàngfat; plump
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 肪fánganimal fat

Characters that look like 膛

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

• 艘sōuclassifier for ships; Taiwan pr. sāo
• 膀bǎngupper arm; wing
• 暧ài(of daylight) dim; obscure; clandestine
• 瘸quélame
• 踱duóto pace; to stroll; Taiwan pr. duò
• 羰tāngcarbonyl (radical)

Sounds the same

Read táng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 糖sugar; sweets; candy
• 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
• 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