杠 (gāng) — (bound form) bar, stick, rod (as in 杠杆 lever, 双杠 parallel bars, 单杠 horizontal bar); (bound form) to cross out, to delete (as in 杠掉 'to cross out'); (bound form) to dispute, to argue pointlessly (as in 抬杠, 杠精)
Definition
A bound morpheme with three distinct senses: a physical bar (杠杆, 双杠), the act of crossing something out, and pointless arguing (抬杠, 杠精). Rarely stands alone — always appears inside a compound.
bound form
(bound form) barstickrod (as in 杠杆 lever, 双杠 parallel bars, 单杠 horizontal bar)(bound form) to cross outto delete (as in 杠掉 'to cross out')(bound form) to disputeto argue pointlessly (as in 抬杠, 杠精)
Examples
- 。Tā yòng gāng gǎn bān dòng le dà shí tou.He used a lever to move the big rock.
- 杠。Yùn dòng yuán men zài shuāng gāng shàng zuò dòng zuò.The athletes performed moves on the parallel bars.
- ，。Tā men yòu zài tái gāng le, shuí yě bú ràng shuí.They're arguing again, neither giving in.
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