汤
tāngTāngshāng HSK3

hot water

汤 (湯) tāng frequency
soup noun
liquid food made by boiling meat, fish, or vegetables, or the water in which something has been boiled

这锅鸡汤熬了好几个小时，味道很鲜。

zhè guō jī tāng áo le hǎo​jǐ gè xiǎo​shí, wèi​dao hěn xiān.

This pot of chicken soup has been simmering for several hours and tastes very delicious.

hot water idiom
boiling water or a very hot liquid

赴汤蹈火在所不辞。

fù tāng dǎo huǒ zài​suǒ​bù​cí.

I would go through fire and water without hesitation.

decoction noun
a liquid medicinal preparation made by boiling herbs in water

他每天早晚各喝一次中药汤。

tā měi tiān zǎo​wǎn gè hē yī cì zhōng​yào tāng.

He drinks Chinese herbal soup once in the morning and once in the evening every day.

汤 (湯) Tāng
Tang proper name
surname Tang

汤老师教我们数学，他讲课的内容非常生动有趣。

Tāng lǎo​shī jiāo wǒ​men shù​xué, tā jiǎng​kè de nèi​róng fēi​cháng shēng​dòng yǒu​qù.

Mr. Tang teaches us mathematics, and his lectures are very vivid and engaging.

汤 (湯) shāng
rushing current descriptive
rushing current; surging water

洪水汤汤，席卷了下游的村庄。

hóng​shuǐ shāng shāng, xí​juǎn le xià​yóu de cūn​zhuāng.

The torrential floodwaters swept through the downstream villages.

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Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,618th most common 60.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,040th most common 96.5 per million appears in 19% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
30.0 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
62.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
湯
Strokes
6
Unicode
U+6C64

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)