kang
English
Etymology
Noun
kang (plural kangs)
- A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
- A large Chinese water jar.
Anagrams
Javanese
Determiner
kang
- Clipping of ingkang.
Pronoun
kang
- Clipping of ingkang.
Malay
Etymology
Variant of kakak.
Pronunciation
Noun
kang
Synonyms
Mandarin
Romanization
kang
- Nonstandard spelling of kāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of káng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kàng.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Javanese lemmas
- Javanese determiners
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- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/kaŋ
- Rhymes:Malay/aŋ
- Malay lemmas
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- Mandarin non-lemma forms
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