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钢

gāng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 鋼

What 钢 means

1. steel

Example sentences

• 我弹钢琴。
  I play the piano.
• 俺不弹钢琴。
  ǎn bù tán gāngqín.
  I don't play the piano.
• 我会弹钢琴。
  I can play piano.
• 玛丽弹钢琴。
  Mary plays the piano.
• 请用钢笔写。
  Please write with a pen.
• 她会弹钢琴。
  She can play the piano.

Words starting with 钢

• 钢铁gāng tiěsteel
• 钢琴gāng qínpiano
• 钢笔gāng bǐfountain pen
• 钢材gāng cáisteel (as raw material); steel sheets, bars, tubes, ingots, wire etc
• 钢筋gāng jīnsteel reinforcing bar
• 钢丝gāng sīsteel wire; tightrope
• 钢琴家gāng qín jiāpianist
• 钢管gāng guǎnsteel pipe; pole (in pole dancing)
• 钢板gāng bǎnsteel plate
• 钢盔gāng kuīmetal helmet; (military) helmet
• 钢筋混凝土gāng jīn hùn níng tǔreinforced concrete
• 钢铁厂gāng tiě chǎngiron and steel works; steelworks
• 钢厂gāng chǎnga steelworks
• 钢弹Gāng dànGundam, Japanese animation franchise
• 钢条gāng tiáosteel bar
• 钢枪gāng qiāngrifle
• 钢窗gāng chuāngmetal window
• 钢花gāng huāspray (or sparks) of molten steel
• 钢制gāng zhìmade of steel; steel (bar, screw, product etc)
• 钢城区Gāng chéng QūGangcheng, a district of Jinan City 济南市
• 钢管舞gāng guǎn wǔpole dancing
• 钢丝球gāng sī qiústainless steel scourer
• 钢铁学院Gāng tiě Xué yuànBeijing Steel and Iron Institute (the former name of 北京科技大学
• 钢铁工业gāng tiě gōng yèsteel industry

Words containing 钢

• 不锈钢bù xiù gāngstainless steel
• 宝钢Bǎo gāngBaosteel, Chinese steel maker formed in a 1998 merger, then merged to form Baowu 宝武钢铁
• 炼钢liàn gāngto make steel; steelmaking
• 恨铁不成钢hèn tiě bù chéng gānglit. disappointed that iron does not turn into steel (idiom)…
• 废钢fèi gāngscrap metal; steel scrap
• 白钢bái gāngsteel
• 角钢jiǎo gāngangle iron
• 威而钢Wēi ér gāngViagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
• 工字钢gōng zì gāngI-beam
• 舞钢市Wǔ gāng ShìWugang, a county-level city in Pingdingshan City 平顶山市
• 走钢丝zǒu gāng sī(lit. and fig.) to walk a tightrope
• 宝武钢铁Bǎo wǔ Gāng tiěBaowu, the world's largest steel maker, resulting from the merger of Baosteel 宝钢集团
• 人是铁饭是钢rén shì tiě fàn shì gāngone can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)…
• 武汉钢铁公司Wǔ hàn Gāng tiě Gōng sīWuhan Iron and Steel
• 塑钢sù gāngacetal resin; Delrin; unplasticized polyvinyl chloride (uPVC or rigid PVC)
• 刺钢丝cì gāng sībarbed wire
• 玻璃钢bō li gāngglass-reinforced plastic; fiberglass
• 无钢圈wú gāng quānwireless (bra)
• 小钢珠xiǎo gāng zhūpachinko
• 炼钢厂liàn gāng chǎngsteel mill
• 大钢琴dà gāng qíngrand piano
• 电钢琴diàn gāng qínelectric piano; digital piano
• 加料钢琴jiā liào gāng qínprepared piano
• 小钢炮xiǎo gāng pào(colloquial) piece of light artillery such as a mortar…

Characters built on 冈

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

• 刚gāng(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
• 纲gānghead rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 岗gǎng(bound form) hillock; mound; sentry post; policeman's beat; (bound form) job; post

Characters that look like 钢

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

• 钙gàicalcium (chemistry)
• 钠nàsodium (chemistry)
• 钼mùmolybdenum (chemistry)
• 钽tǎntantalum (chemistry)
• 钜jù(literary) hard iron; (literary) hook; barb; used in personal names and place names
• 铈shìcerium (chemistry)

Sounds the same

Read gāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 刚(literary) hard; firm; strong; exactly; precisely; barely; only just
• 纲head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link
• 扛to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together
• 冈ridge; mound
• 缸jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry
• 罡stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
• 肛used in 脱肛
• 杠flagpole; footbridge
• 堈earthen jug, crock, cistern
• 舡boat; ship
• 釭hanging bowl for lamp or fish
• 堽mound