杠
gàng
coffin-bearing pole (old)
thick pole; bar; rod; thick line; to mark with a thick line; to sharpen (a knife, razor etc); to get into a dispute with; standard; criterion; hyphen; dash
wood (木) + work (工) = a sturdy pole for labor
A wooden pole used by laborers to carry heavy loads — like a coffin or burden — suspended between workers. The craft of sharpening a blade on a strop, or marking a standard line, extends this sense of a firm, functional bar.
他在错误的句子下面画了一道杠。
tā zài cuò wù de jù zi xià miàn huà le yī dào gàng。
He drew a thick line under the wrong sentence.
你别老跟我杠，我说的是对的。
nǐ bié lǎo gēn wǒ gàng，wǒ shuō de shì duì de。
Stop always getting into a dispute with me — what I said is correct.
Words with 杠
金融杠杆
jīn róng gàng gǎn
financial leverage
双杠
shuāng gàng
parallel bars (gymnastics event)
高低杠
gāo dī gàng
uneven bars (gymnastics)
保险杠
bǎo xiǎn gàng
car bumper
反斜杠
fǎn xié gàng
backslash (computing)
吊杠
diào gàng
trapeze (gymnastics)
单杠
dān gàng
bar
非杠杆化
fēi gàng gǎn huà
deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)
抬杠
tái gàng
to bicker
撬杠
qiào gàng
crowbar
敲竹杠
qiāo zhú gàng
extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
斜杠
xié gàng
slash; forward slash (punctuation mark)