Usage of the character 杠

variant of 槓／杠 (gàng)

gàng

杠

[槓]

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

gāng

杠

[杠]

flagpole
footbridge

gàngdàng

杠荡

[槓盪]

to shake
to rock

gàngjīng

杠精

[杠精]

(slang) (neologism c. 2018) argumentative person

gàngguī

杠龟

[槓龜]

(Tw) to lose one's shirt (gambling); to meet with failure (from Taiwanese 摃龜, Tai-lo pr. (kòng-ku))

hénggàng

横杠

[橫槓]

bar
horizontal bar

qiàogàng

撬杠

[撬槓]

crowbar

gàngdāo

杠刀

[槓刀]

to sharpen a knife (or razor etc)

shuānggàng

双杠

[雙槓]

parallel bars (gymnastics event)

gànglíng

杠铃

[槓鈴]

barbell

xiégàng

斜杠

[斜槓]

oblique bar
slash (computing)

gàngfū

杠夫

[槓夫]

pole carrier
coffin-bearer

gàngtóu

杠头

[槓頭]

(old) chief coffin bearer
(fig.) argumentative person
a kind of bread made with a dough flattened using a rolling pin 槓子／杠子 (gàngzi)

gàngshàng

杠上

[槓上]

to get into a dispute with

diàogàng

吊杠

[吊槓]

trapeze (gymnastics)

gànggǎn

杠杆

[槓桿]

lever
pry bar
crowbar
financial leverage

táigàng

抬杠

[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

gàngzi

杠子

[槓子]

thick bar
solid carrying pole

dāngàng

单杠

[單槓]

bar
bold line
horizontal bar (gymnastics event)

gàngdiào

杠掉

[槓掉]

to cross out

gánggángde

杠杠的

[槓槓的]

(slang, originally northeast dialect) excellent; great

bǎoxiǎngàng

保险杠

[保險槓]

car bumper

gāodīgàng

高低杠

[高低槓]

uneven bars (gymnastics)

fǎnxiégàng

反斜杠

[反斜杠]

backslash (computing)

qiāozhúgàng

敲竹杠

[敲竹槓]

extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness

pángàngzi

盘杠子

[盤杠子]

to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar

jīnrónggànggǎn

金融杠杆

[金融槓桿]

financial leverage
leveraging (i.e. buying shares on borrowed funds)

fēigànggǎnhuà

非杠杆化

[非槓桿化]

deleveraging (i.e. paying off part of a leverage loan)

gànggǎnshōugòu

杠杆收购

[杠杆收購]

leveraged buyout (LBO)

zījīngànggǎn

资金杠杆

[資金槓桿]

(finance) leverage
gearing