Keyword
soup
- gravy
- broth
- hot water
- Frequency
- #1489
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
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Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 昜 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
汤
soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled
汤姆
Tom (name)
鸡汤
chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
汤普森
(name) Thompson
汤加
Tonga, South Pacific archipelago kingdom
泡汤
(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath
汤匙
soup spoon; tablespoon
汤圆
boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
浓汤
thick soup; puree
换汤不换药
different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only; a change in form but not in substance
汤
rushing current
赴汤蹈火
lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom); fig. to brave any danger; to go to any lengths (for a noble cause)
清汤
broth; clear soup; consommé
肉汤
meat soup; broth
商汤
Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty
固若金汤
(lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom); (fig.) well fortified; invulnerable to attack
汤汁
soup; broth
汤川
Yukawa (name); YUKAWA Hideki (1907-1988), Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate
汤显祖
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭 (MǔdanTíng)
罗宋汤
borscht, a traditional beetroot soup
金汤
impregnable fortress (abbr. for 金城汤池 (jīnchéngtāngchí))
煲汤
to make soup; slow-simmered soup
落汤鸡
a person who looks drenched and bedraggled; like a drowned rat; deep distress
高汤
clear soup; soup stock