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Usage of the character 汤

Tāng
[湯]
  • surname Tang
shāng
[湯]
  • rushing current
tāng
[湯]
  • soup
  • hot or boiling water
  • decoction of medicinal herbs
  • water in which sth has been boiled
tǔntāng
氽汤
[氽湯]
  • to prepare a soup
nǎitāng
奶汤
[奶湯]
  • white broth, or milky broth: an unctuous, milky white pork broth of Chinese cuisine
tāngwǎn
汤碗
[湯碗]
  • soup bowl
èrtāng
二汤
[二湯]
  • second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯/头汤 (tóutāng)
gēngtāng
羹汤
[羹湯]
  • soup
pàotāng
泡汤
[泡湯]
  • to dawdle
  • to go slow deliberately
  • to fizzle out
  • to have all one's hopes dashed
  • (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring
yùtāng
浴汤
[浴湯]
  • see 湯浴/汤浴 (tāngyù)
qīngtāng
清汤
[清湯]
  • broth
  • clear soup
  • consommé
báitāng
白汤
[白湯]
  • clear soup
  • white broth, also called 奶湯/奶汤 (nǎitāng)
  • decoction of chrysanthemum, liquorice and certain other herbs
jītāng
鸡汤
[雞湯]
  • chicken stock
  • chicken soup
  • (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
gāotāng
高汤
[高湯]
  • clear soup
  • soup stock
miàntāng
面汤
[麵湯]
  • noodle soup
  • noodles in soup
  • noodle broth
tāngpó
汤婆
[湯婆]
  • hot-water bottle
chìtāng
翅汤
[翅湯]
  • shark-fin soup
tānglèi
汤类
[湯類]
  • soup dishes (on menu)
tāngkuài
汤块
[湯塊]
  • bouillon cube
Shāng Tāng
商汤
[商湯]
  • Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
tāngyù
汤浴
[湯浴]
  • (old) hot bath
tāngliào
汤料
[湯料]
  • raw materials for making soup
  • packaged soup mix
tāngmiàn
汤面
[湯麵]
  • noodles in soup
yǎotāng
舀汤
[舀湯]
  • to ladle out soup
tāngyào
汤药
[湯藥]
  • tisane
  • decoction (Chinese medicine)
nóngtāng
浓汤
[濃湯]
  • thick soup
  • puree
bāotāng
煲汤
[煲湯]
  • to simmer
  • soup made by simmering for a long time
Tāngyuán
汤原
[湯原]
  • Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯 ( Jiāmùsī), Heilongjiang
jīntāng
金汤
[金湯]
  • impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城湯池/金城汤池 (jinchēng-tāngchi))
tāngyuán
汤圆
[湯圓]
  • boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
tāngchí
汤匙
[湯匙]
  • soup spoon
  • tablespoon
  • CL:把 (bǎ)
Tāngjiā
汤加
[湯加]
  • Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
tāngquán
汤泉
[湯泉]
  • hot spring (archaic)
tóutāng
头汤
[頭湯]
  • first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯/二汤 (èrtāng)
lìtāng
例汤
[例湯]
  • soup of the day
chítāng
池汤
[池湯]
  • large pool in a bathhouse
tāngsháo
汤勺
[湯勺]
  • soup ladle
Tāngmǔ
汤姆
[湯姆]
  • Tom (name)
Tāngyīn
汤阴
[湯陰]
  • Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽/安阳 ( Anyáng), Henan
mǔtāng
母汤
[母湯]
  • (Tw) (slang) don't; must not; won't do (from Taiwanese 毋通, Tai-lo pr. (m̄-thang), similar to Mandarin 不要 (bùyào) or 不行 (bùxíng))
tāngbāo
汤包
[湯包]
  • steamed dumpling
tāngzhǒng
汤种
[湯種]
  • water roux (aka tangzhong), a gelatinous paste made by heating a mixture of flour and water, used in breadmaking to produce a softer, fluffier loaf (loanword from Japanese 湯種 yudane)
tāngjì
汤剂
[湯劑]
  • decoction
  • potion
tāngzhī
汤汁
[湯汁]
  • soup
  • broth
tāngpán
汤盘
[湯盤]
  • soup plate
Tāngchuān
汤川
[湯川]
  • Yukawa (name)
  • YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
ròutāng
肉汤
[肉湯]
  • meat soup
  • broth
dànhuātāng
蛋花汤
[蛋花湯]
  • clear soup containing beaten egg and green leafy vegetable
  • eggdrop soup
míhúntāng
迷魂汤
[迷魂湯]
  • potion given to souls before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life (aka 孟婆汤 (mèngpotàng))
  • magic potion; (fig.) bewitching words or actions
tāngpózi
汤婆子
[湯婆子]
  • hot-water bottle
ròutāngmiàn
肉汤面
[肉湯麵]
  • noodles in meat soup
suānlàtāng
酸辣汤
[酸辣湯]
  • hot and sour soup
  • sour and spicy soup
sìwùtāng
四物汤
[四物湯]
  • four-substance decoction (si wu tang), tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
shēnjītāng
参鸡汤
[參雞湯]
  • samgyetang, popular Korean chicken soup with ginseng, spices etc
Tāngpǔsēn
汤普森
[湯普森]
  • Thompson (name)
luòtāngjī
落汤鸡
[落湯雞]
  • a person who looks drenched and bedraggled
  • like a drowned rat
  • deep distress
jīntānglì
金汤力
[金湯力]
  • (loanword) gin and tonic
Xiǎotāngshān
小汤山
[小湯山]
  • Xiaotangshan town in Beijing municipality
dújītāng
毒鸡汤
[毒雞湯]
  • (coll.) profit-motivated article cynically disguised as feel-good content 雞湯/鸡汤 (jītāng) and designed to go viral
mógutāng
蘑菇汤
[蘑菇湯]
  • mushroom soup
Tāngbólè
汤博乐
[湯博樂]
  • Tumblr (microblogging and social networking website)
mèngpótāng
孟婆汤
[孟婆湯]
  • potion given to souls by Meng Po 孟婆 ( Mèngpó) before they are reincarnated, which makes them forget their previous life
Tāng Xiǎnzǔ
汤显祖
[湯顯祖]
  • Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭 ( Mǔdan Tíng)
yúchìtāng
鱼翅汤
[魚翅湯]
  • shark fin soup
Tāngmǔxùn
汤姆逊
[湯姆遜]
  • Thomson (name)
Tāngmǔsūn
汤姆孙
[湯姆孫]
  • Thompson or Thomson (name)
wèicēngtāng
味噌汤
[味噌湯]
  • miso soup
Luósòngtāng
罗宋汤
[羅宋湯]
  • borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
Tāngyīnxiàn
汤阴县
[湯陰縣]
  • Tangyin county in Anyang 安陽/安阳 ( Anyáng), Henan
guànmǐtāng
灌米汤
[灌米湯]
  • to flatter
  • to butter sb up
tāngbǐngyán
汤饼筵
[湯餅筵]
  • dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)
Tāng Yùlín
汤玉麟
[湯玉麟]
  • Tang Yulin (1871-1937), minor warlord in northeast China, sometime governor of Chengde 承德, mostly poor in battle but very successful at accumulating personal wealth
fūtāngyào
敷汤药
[敷湯藥]
  • (coll.) to pay compensation for medical expenses
tānglìshuǐ
汤力水
[湯力水]
  • tonic water
Tāngyuánxiàn
汤原县
[湯原縣]
  • Tangyuan county in Kiamusze or Jiamusi city 佳木斯 ( Jiāmùsī), Heilongjiang
gēdatāng
疙瘩汤
[疙瘩湯]
  • dough-drop soup (made by dropping small, irregular lumps of dough into the simmering broth)
Tāngwànghé
汤旺河
[湯旺河]
  • Tangwanghe district of Yichun city 伊春市 ( Yīchūnshì), Heilongjiang
bāzhēntāng
八珍汤
[八珍湯]
  • eight-treasure decoction, tonic formula used in Chinese medicine
sān'àotāng
三拗汤
[三拗湯]
  • san'ao decoction (TCM)
Sītāngdá
司汤达
[司湯達]
  • Stendhal
fùtāngdǎohuǒ
赴汤蹈火
[赴湯蹈火]
  • lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom)
  • fig. to brave any danger
  • to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
Tāngchuān Xiùshù
汤川秀树
[湯川秀樹]
  • YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
Tāngwànghéqū
汤旺河区
[湯旺河區]
  • Tangwanghe district of Yichun city 伊春市 ( Yīchūnshì), Heilongjiang
Tāngjiā Qúndǎo
汤加群岛
[湯加群島]
  • Tonga
Tāngjiālǐluó
汤加里罗
[湯加里羅]
  • Tongariro, volcanic area on North Island, New Zealand
xiāngtāngmùyù
香汤沐浴
[香湯沐浴]
  • to bathe in a fragrant hot spring (idiom)
fǔyuètānghuò
斧钺汤镬
[斧鉞湯鑊]
  • battle-ax and boiling cauldron (idiom); facing torture and execution
qīngtāngguǎshuǐ
清汤寡水
[清湯寡水]
  • meager fare
  • (fig.) insipid
  • colorless
jīnchéngtāngchí
金城汤池
[金城湯池]
  • impregnable fortress
xiǎolóngtāngbāo
小笼汤包
[小籠湯包]
  • steamed soup dumpling
Tāng Wǔ Gémìng
汤武革命
[湯武革命]
  • the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯/商汤 ( Shāng Tāng), of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王 ( Zhōu Wǔwáng)
gùruòjīntāng
固若金汤
[固若金湯]
  • lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
  • fig. well fortified; invulnerable to attack
Shāng Tāng Kējì
商汤科技
[商湯科技]
  • SenseTime, artificial intelligence company focused on computer vision and deep learning technologies, founded in Hong Kong in 2014
yǐtāngwòfèi
以汤沃沸
[以湯沃沸]
  • to manage a situation badly (idiom)
Tāngmǔsī Bēi
汤姆斯杯
[湯姆斯杯]
  • Thomas Cup (international badminton team competition)
xīnlíngjītāng
心灵鸡汤
[心靈雞湯]
  • (often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul")
guànmíhúntāng
灌迷魂汤
[灌迷魂湯]
  • to butter sb up
  • to try to impress sb
huàntāngbùhuànyào
换汤不换药
[換湯不換藥]
  • different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  • a change in form but not in substance
Tāngmǔ· Kèlánxī
汤姆·克兰西
[湯姆·克蘭西]
  • Tom Clancy (1947-2013), US author
Tāngmǔ· Luóbīnsī
汤姆·罗宾斯
[湯姆·羅賓斯]
  • Tom Robbins, American novelist
Tāngmǔ· Kèlǔsī
汤姆·克鲁斯
[湯姆·克魯斯]
  • Tom Cruise (1962-), film actor
zhēnzhūfěicuìbáiyùtāng
珍珠翡翠白玉汤
[珍珠翡翠白玉湯]
  • cabbage, rice and tofu soup
Tāngmǔ Suǒyà Lìxiǎn Jì
汤姆索亚历险记
[湯姆索亞歷險記]
  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Tāngmǔ· Suǒyà Lìxiǎn Jì
汤姆·索亚历险记
[湯姆·索亞歷險記]
  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 馬克·吐溫/马克·吐温 ( Mǎkè· Tǔwēn)
yīkēlǎoshǔshǐhuàileyīguōtāng
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
[一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯]
  • lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  • fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch