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  • 1

    n.heatable brick or adobe bed, common in North China

    • niào kàng

      尿

      wet the kang

    • pù kàng

      spread out the bedclothes on a kang

    • tā zài kàng biān zuò xia

      He sat down on the edge of the kang.

  • 2

    v.dialdry by the heat of a fire

    • kàng dì guā

      地瓜

      bake sweet potatoes

    • jiāng shī mài zi tān zài kàng shang kàng gān

      湿麦子

      spread the wet wheat on a heated kang to dry

    • kàng yī kàng

      dry

Words and phrases with 炕

  • 炕洞
    [word]the flue of a kang
  • 炕屏
    [word]kang screen
  • 炕桌
    [word]a small, short-legged table for use on a kang
  • 炕头
    [word]warmer end of a kang; the edge of a kang
  • 炕席
    [word]kang mat
  • 炕单儿
    [word]bed sheet for a kang
  • 炕沿
    [word]the edge of a kang
  • 炕桌儿
    [word]small, short-legged table for use on a kang
  • 炕沿儿
    [word]edge of a kang

Word usage

  • "炕" is often matched with measure word "铺"or"个".
    • one kang (heatable brick bed in North China)

    • one kang (heatable brick bed in North China)

Similar-form characters to 炕

Chinese Characters with pinyin kàng

  • resist; refuse
  • high; haughty
  • fit for each other; strong
  • scandium