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苍

cāng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 蒼

What 苍 means

1. dark blue
2. deep green
3. ash-gray

Other readings

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

• Cāngsurname Cang

Example sentences

• 他有点苍白。
  He looks kind of pale.
• 你脸色苍白。
  You are pale.
• 汤姆有点苍白
  Tom is a bit pale.
• 他把苍蝇拍走了。
  Tā bǎ cāngyingpāi zǒu le.
  He flapped the flies away.
• 面汤里有个苍蝇。
  Miàntāng lǐ yǒu gè cāngying.
  There's a fly in the noodle broth.
• 你看上去很苍白。
  You look very pale.

Words starting with 苍

• 苍白cāng báipale; wan
• 苍蝇cāng yinghousefly
• 苍老cāng lǎoold; aged; (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous
• 苍天cāng tiānfirmament
• 苍凉cāng liángdesolate; bleak
• 苍茫cāng mángboundless; vast; hazy (distant horizon)
• 苍穹cāng qióngthe blue dome of heaven
• 苍苍cāng cāngash gray; vast and hazy; flourishing
• 苍生cāng shēng(area where) vegetation grows; the common people
• 苍翠cāng cuìverdant
• 苍白无力cāng bái wú lìpale and feeble; powerless
• 苍劲cāng jìng(of a tree) old and strong; (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
• 苍龙Cāng lóngBlue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky)
• 苍狗cāng gǒu(fig.) the unpredictable changeability of the world; bad omen
• 苍耳cāng ěrSiberian cocklebur (botany)
• 苍术cāng zhúblack atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM)
• 苍郁cāng yùverdant and luxuriant
• 苍鹰cāng yīng(bird species of China) Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
• 苍黄cāng huánggreenish yellow; sallow (pale or yellow complexion); variant of 仓皇
• 苍南县Cāng nán XiànCangnan, a county in Wenzhou City 温州市
• 苍溪县Cāng xī XiànCangxi, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市
• 苍白色cāng bái sèpale; wan; sickly white
• 苍松翠柏cāng sōng cuì bǎievergreen pine and cypress (idiom); steadfast nobility
• 苍背山雀cāng bèi shān què(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)

Words containing 苍

• 上苍shàng cāngHeaven; God
• 白发苍苍bái fà cāng cāngold and gray-haired
• 旺苍县Wàng cāng XiànWangcang, a county in Guangyuan City 广元市
• 白衣苍狗bái yī cāng gǒulit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)…
• 白云苍狗bái yún cāng gǒulit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom)…
• 夜色苍茫yè sè cāng mánggathering dusk
• 无头苍蝇wú tóu cāng yingheadless fly (a metaphor for sb who is rushing around frantically)
• 穹苍qióng cāngthe sky; the firmament; the vault of heaven
• 暮色苍茫mù sè cāng mángthe hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
• 皓首苍颜hào shǒu cāng yánwhite hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
• 旺苍Wàng cāngsee 旺苍县
• 没头苍蝇méi tóu cāng yingsee 无头苍蝇

Characters built on 仓

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

• 舱cāngcabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 伧cānglow fellow; rustic; rude

Characters that look like 苍

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

• 届jièto arrive at (place or time); period; to become due
• 苯běnbenzene; benzol (chemistry)
• 苔tāiused in 舌苔
• 芸yúncommon rue (Ruta graveolens)…
• 昙tándark clouds
• 苓língfungus; tuber

Sounds the same

Read cāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仓barn; granary; storehouse
• 舱cabin; the hold of a ship or airplane
• 沧(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 伧low fellow; rustic; rude
• 凔cold
• 鸧used in 鸧鹒