抬槓

Chinese

		to lift; to raise; (of two or more persons) to carry	carrying pole; horizontal bar
trad. (抬槓/擡槓)		抬/擡	槓
simp. (抬杠)		抬	杠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táigàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˊ ㄍㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): toi⁴ gong³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táigàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˊ ㄍㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táigàng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai²-kang⁴
    • Yale: tái-gàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tairganq
    • Palladius: тайган (tajgan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯³⁵ kɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: toi⁴ gong³
    • Yale: tòih gong
    • Cantonese Pinyin: toi⁴ gong³
    • Guangdong Romanization: toi⁴ gong³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːi̯²¹ kɔːŋ³³/

Verb

抬槓

1. (figurative, colloquial) to argue for the sake of arguing or for no reason; to bicker; to wrangle; to contend; to argue
2. (Mainland China, dated) to carry on poles, especially a coffin (together with somebody else)

Synonyms

• (to bicker): 抬 (tái), 抬槓子／抬杠子

See also

• 槓頭／杠头 (gàngtóu)
• 槓精／杠精 (gàngjīng)