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kang

[ kahng ]

noun

  1. (especially in northern Chinese houses) a masonry or earthen platform at one end of a room, heated in winter by fires underneath and spread with mats for sleeping.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of kang1

From the Chinese word kàng

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Example Sentences

“The trip was incredibly inspirational, not only from a design standpoint, but on a human standpoint,” said Kang.

The gorgeous sushi chef he meets and falls in love with, Mi-do (Kang Hye-jung), is equally silly and childish.

My abilities are so different from a Sung Kang or a Jamie Chung.

As Kang wrote in a 2008 paper, this is a case where “the free speech of men silences the free speech of women.”

He declared Chiang “the greatest ruler Asia has since since Emperor Kang 250 years ago.”

They went to the capital, forcibly removed the king from his throne, and banished him to the island of Kang-wa.

The Koreans call this noise kang-siong, and it seems almost deafening to one unused to it.

To hush up the affair he had started on a pilgrimage to Kang-rinpoche, but was caught and forbidden to return.

They were on their way with kith and kin to Kang-rinpoche to make the pilgrimage round the holy mountain.

The lake tree has a double crown, one rising like a sunshade and shading Kang-rinpoche, the other overshadowing the whole world.

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