HSK 4 · Food

糖 táng “sugar” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 糖 means

  1. sugar
  2. sweets
  3. lollies

Measure word 颗 kē or 块 kuài · 一颗糖 yì kē táng

How to say 糖

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale糖táng2nd tone, rising

糖 in a sentence

  1. 我们的糖用完了。

    Wǒmen de táng yòng wán le.

    We’ve run out of sugar.

    Sentence #349709 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 要加点牛奶或者糖吗？

    Yào jiā diǎn niúnǎi huòzhě táng ma?

    Would you like some milk or sugar?

    Sentence #13901003 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我只剩下一粒糖了。

    Wǒ zhǐ shèngxià yí lì táng le.

    I only have one sweet left.

    Sentence #414630 from Tatoeba

How 糖 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 糖 (táng) with each of its parts in a different colour
糖tángsugar
  • 米rice · mǐMeaning part
  • 唐the Tang dynasty · tángSound part

米 hints at the meaning (rice); 唐 (táng) hints at the sound. Compare it with táng.

How to write 糖

糖 16 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

糖 (táng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 糖 (táng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 糖

More words: Food & Drink

巧克力qiǎokèlì · chocolate (loanword)勺子sháozi · scoop酸suān · sour汤tāng · soup味道wèidao · flavour小吃xiǎochī · snack西红柿xīhóngshì · tomato咸xián · salted

FAQs

糖 (táng) means “sugar” or “sweets”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it táng: táng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 糖 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 颗 (kē) or 块 (kuài). For example, one sugar is 一颗糖 (yì kē táng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 糖 from the suggestions. Typing tang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
糖 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.