kang
See also: Kang, káng, kàng, kāng, and kǎng
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Chinese 炕.
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.
- 1958, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, OCLC 732947584, 29:45 from the start:
- Why is it built this way?
Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven.
Kang? What is a kang for?
A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in.
You mean togther?
Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.
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- A large Chinese water jar.
Noun
kang (plural kangs)
- (informal) Clipping of kangaroo.
- (humorous) Pronunciation spelling of king.
Verb
kang (third-person singular simple present kangs, present participle kanging, simple past and past participle kanged)
- (Android programming, slang) To appropriate someone else's work.
Anagrams
- gank, knag
Bahnar
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *kaːŋ. Cognate with Jeh kaːŋ ("jaw"), Cua kaːk ("chin"), Arem kæːŋʔ ("mouth"). Possibly related to the word reconstructed as Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔaaŋ (“to open”) by Shorto (2006).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːŋ/
Noun
kang
- chin
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaŋ/
Preposition
kang
- Alternative form of kan
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkaŋ]
Preposition
kang
- Used to mark oblique cases of personal nouns
- Para kang Tatay kining kamisina.
- This shirt is for Dad.
Javanese
Determiner
kang
- Clipping of ingkang.
Pronoun
kang
- Clipping of ingkang.
Jingpho
Etymology
Borrowed from Burmese ကင်း (kang:).
Noun
kang
- customs
References
- Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31), “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research, volume 35, DOI:, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128
Malay
Etymology
Variant of kakak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaŋ/
- Rhymes: -kaŋ, -aŋ
Noun
kang
- older sister
- older sibling (rare)
- older brother (rare)
Synonyms
- kakak
Mandarin
Romanization
kang
- Nonstandard spelling of kāng.
- Nonstandard spelling of káng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kǎng.
- Nonstandard spelling of kàng.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 摃／𫼱 (kàng).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaŋ/, [ˈkaŋ]
Noun
kang
- (mahjong) a set of four identical tiles.