汤 — Chinese character
汤
tāng
soup, gravy, broth; hot water
- Pinyin
- tāng
- Radical
- 85 ⽔ (Water)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 氵 昜
- Formation
- pictophonetic — water; meaning component 氵; sound component 昜
- Traditional
- 湯
Common words with 汤
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鸡汤 (雞湯) | jī tāng | chicken stock; chicken soup |
| 泡汤 (泡湯) | pào tāng | (coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall |
| 汤匙 (湯匙) | tāng chí | soup spoon; tablespoon |
| 汤圆 (湯圓) | tāng yuán | boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival |
| 浓汤 (濃湯) | nóng tāng | thick soup; puree |
| 赴汤蹈火 (赴湯蹈火) | fù tāng dǎo huǒ | lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger |
| 清汤 (清湯) | qīng tāng | broth; clear soup |
| 肉汤 (肉湯) | ròu tāng | meat soup; broth |
| 固若金汤 (固若金湯) | gù ruò jīn tāng | (lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); (fig.) well fortified; invulnerable to attack |
| 汤汁 (湯汁) | tāng zhī | soup; broth |
| 金汤 (金湯) | jīn tāng | impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城汤池 (jīn chéng tāng chí)) |
| 煲汤 (煲湯) | bāo tāng | to make soup; slow-simmered soup |
English words written with 汤
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