HSK 6 · Transport

桨 jiǎng “oar” in Chinese

Traditional 槳

What 桨 means

  1. oar
  2. paddle

Measure word 只 zhī · 一只桨 yì zhī jiǎng

How to say 桨

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale桨jiǎng3rd tone, dipping

桨 in a sentence

  1. 这艘船有六个桨。

    Zhè sōu chuán yǒu liù ge jiǎng.

    This boat has six oars.

    Sentence #9179853 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 桨 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 桨 (jiǎng) with each of its parts in a different colour
桨jiǎngoar; paddle
  • 丬half of tree trunk · qiángSound part
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 丬 (qiáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎng.

How to write 桨

桨 10 strokes

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

Words related to 桨

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FAQs

桨 (jiǎng) means “oar” or “paddle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎng: jiǎng with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 桨 is written 槳. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 只 (zhī). For example, one oar is 一只桨 (yì zhī jiǎng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 桨 from the suggestions. Typing jiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
桨 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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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.