kang

Borrowed from Chinese 炕.

kang (plural kangs)

1. A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
2. A large Chinese water jar.

• gank, knag

kang

1. Clipping of ingkang.

kang

1. Clipping of ingkang.

Variant of kakak.

• IPA^(key): /kaŋ/
• Rhymes: -kaŋ, -aŋ

kang

1. older sister
2. older sibling (rare)
3. older brother (rare)

• kakak

kang

1. Nonstandard spelling of kāng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of káng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of kǎng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of kàng.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.