扛 meaning in English

káng

to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

HSK 7-9verb6 strokes

Meaning of 扛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

káng
  1. to carry on one's shoulder
  2. (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)
gāng
  1. to raise aloft with both hands
  2. (of two or more people) to carry sth together
gāng
  1. old variant of 扛[gang1]

扛 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā累lèi坏huài了le,需xū要yào有yǒu人rén扛káng著zhù。
He's exhausted and need to be carried.
我wǒ把bǎ盒hé子zi扛káng在zài肩jiān上shàng。
I carried the box on my shoulder.
为wèi了le这zhè次cì的de损sǔn失shī,他tā扛káng起qǐ责zé任rèn,辞cí职zhí了le。
He resigned from the job to take the responsibility for the loss.
我wǒ扛káng着zhe米mǐ袋dài。
I carry a bag of rice.
扛káng不bù动dòng它tā。
It won't budge one bit.

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扛 káng · to carry on one's shoulder · 6 strokes

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Questions about 扛

What does 扛 mean?

扛 (káng) means "to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 扛?

扛 is made of 1 character: 扛 (6 strokes). That is 6 strokes in total.

Is 扛 an HSK word?

Yes. 扛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.