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湯

简汤 · 繁湯

Mandarin · pinyin shāng#

rushing current

Mandarin · pinyin tāng#

soup
hot or boiling water
decoction of medicinal herbs
water in which sth has been boiled

Mandarin · pinyin Tāng#

surname Tang

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湯: Look up this written character
汤: tāng · hot water; soup, gravy, broth

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

joeng4 · soeng1 · tong1 · tong3

Cantonese word readings for 湯. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary or regional) hot or boiling water
broth; stock
soup; water in which something has been boiled; beverage
decoction of medicinal herbs
hot spring
(dialectal Mandarin) dinner; meal
(Southern Min) pus
Tang of Shang, founder of the Shang Dynasty of China
a surname

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) original form of 燙／烫 (tàng, “to warm; to bathe or rinse in hot water”)
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to touch; to come in contact with
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to meet with
(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 蕩 /荡 (dàng, “to wander; unconstrained”)
used in 湯湯／汤汤 (tàngtàng, “turbulent”)

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, of a river current) rushing; great; torrential

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 湯谷／汤谷, alternative form of 暘谷 /旸谷

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