Chinese symbol for “bicker”
抬杠
tái gàng
Traditional: 抬槓
to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bicker is 抬杠 (tái gàng), defined as: to bicker; to argue for the sake of arguing; to carry on poles (together with sb else); to carry a coffin on poles.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bicker”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拌嘴 | bàn zuǐ | to bicker; to squabble |
| 计较 (計較) | jì jiào | to bother about; to haggle |
| 斗嘴 (鬥嘴) | dòu zuǐ | to quarrel; to bicker |
| 斗口齿 (鬥口齒) | dòu kǒu chǐ | to quarrel; to bicker |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 抬杠.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抬头 (抬頭) | tái tóu | to raise one's head; to look up; (fig.) to begin to emerge; to show signs of growth |
| 抬起 | tái qǐ | to lift up |
| 抬高 | tái gāo | to raise (price etc) |
| 抬举 (抬舉) | tái ju | to lift sth up; to elevate sb |
| 哄抬 | hōng tái | to artificially inflate; to bid up (the price) |
| 杠杆 (槓桿) | gàng gǎn | lever; pry bar |
| 单杠 (單槓) | dān gàng | bar; bold line |
| 双杠 (雙槓) | shuāng gàng | parallel bars (gymnastics event) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bicker”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.