膏 — Chinese character
膏
gāo
grease, fat; ointment, paste
- Pinyin
- gāo
- Radical
- 130 ⾁ (Meat)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 高
- Formation
- pictophonetic — flesh; meaning component ⺼; sound component 高
- Japanese
- 膏 as a kanji
Common words with 膏
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牙膏 | yá gāo | toothpaste; measure word: 管 (guǎn) |
| 石膏 | shí gāo | gypsum CaSO4·2(H2O); plaster |
| 唇膏 | chún gāo | lip balm; lipstick |
| 药膏 (藥膏) | yào gāo | ointment |
| 软膏 (軟膏) | ruǎn gāo | ointment; paste |
| 病入膏肓 | bìng rù gāo huāng | lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure; the situation is hopeless |
| 睫毛膏 | jié máo gāo | mascara |
| 膏药 (膏藥) | gāo yao | herbal plaster applied to a wound |
| 民脂民膏 | mín zhī mín gāo | lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation); the people's blood, sweat and tear |
| 油膏 | yóu gāo | semi-solid fat-based substance; (medicine) ointment |
| 润唇膏 (潤唇膏) | rùn chún gāo | chapstick; lip balm |
| 挤牙膏 (擠牙膏) | jǐ yá gāo | lit. to squeeze out toothpaste; fig. to extract a confession under pressure |
English words written with 膏
膏 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 2 · Mencius 3 · Zhuangzi 2
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