岗 (gǎng): (bound form) hillock, mound, sentry post, policeman's beat, (bound form) job, post
岗 (gǎng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) hillock.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 山 (semantic) and 冈 (phonetic). It ranks #1778 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 岗 mountain. Its radical form 山 (mountain) appears in many related characters such as 山 (shān, mountain), 岁 (suì, years old), 岸 (àn, bank).
Definitions
- (bound form) hillock
- mound
- sentry post
- policeman's beat
- (bound form) job
- post
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 岗
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 站岗 | zhàn gǎng | to stand guard |
| 上岗 | shàng gǎng | to take up one's post |
| 下岗 | xià gǎng | (of a guard, sentry etc) to come off duty |
| 花岗岩 | huā gāng yán | granite |
| 岗哨 | gǎng shào | lookout post |
| 换岗 | huàn gǎng | to relieve a sentry |
| 石岗 | shí gǎng | Shek Kong (area in Hong Kong) |
| 岗亭 | gǎng tíng | sentry box |
| 花岗石 | huā gāng shí | granite |
| 轮岗 | lún gǎng | to rotate jobs within an organization |
| 在岗 | zài gǎng | to be at one's post |
| 爱岗敬业 | ài gǎng jìng yè | devoted to one's work |
| 岗楼 | gǎng lóu | watchtower |
| 土岗 | tǔ gǎng | mound |
| 岗位工资 | gǎng wèi gōng zī | standard salary for a specific job (contrasted with performance pay 績效工資|绩效工资[ji4 xiao4 gong1 zi1] or commission 提成[t... |
岗 appears in 55 compound words: 24 as the first character, 51 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 岗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
这个岗字的意思与它的部首有关。
zhè gě gāng zì de yì sī yú tā de bù shǒu yǒu guān .
The meaning of the character "岗" is related to its radical.
甜美正妹女警台中灯会站岗 一票网友恋爱了:想认识
tián měi zhèng mèi nǚ jǐng tái zhōng dēng huì zhàn gǎng yī piào wǎng yǒu liàn ài le : xiǎng rèn shí
The sweet girl policewoman stood guard at the Taichung Lantern Festival, and a vote of netizens fell in love: I want to get to know them
“点对点”护航 务工团体高铁“包车”返岗
diǎn duì diǎn hù háng wù gōng tuán tǐ gāo tiě bāo chē fǎn gǎng
"Point-to-point" escort migrant group high-speed rail "chartered bus" back to work
...次作者预言标普500将暴跌近40%,白领岗位崩溃-FX168
. . . cì zuò zhě yù yán biāo pǔ 5 0 0 jiāng bào diē jìn 4 0 , bái lǐng gǎng wèi bēng kuì F X 1 6 8
... The author predicts that the S&P 500 will plummet by nearly 40%, and white-collar jobs will collapse - FX168
39小时千里护航 南宁铁警守护返岗务工专列
3 9 xiǎo shí qiān lǐ hù háng nán nìng tiě jǐng shǒu hù fǎn gǎng wù gōng zhuān liè
39 hours of thousands of miles escort Nanning Railway Police guard the special train for returning migrant workers
“新春走基层·春节我在岗”这个春节,她的身影真美!
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng chūn jié wǒ zài gǎng zhè gè chūn jié , tā de shēn yǐng zhēn měi !
"New Year to the grassroots, I am at work during the Spring Festival", her figure is so beautiful!
问那边的警察岗哨。
Wèn nàbian de jǐngchá gǎngshào.
Ask at the police box over there.
计算机产业能够提供相当多的就业岗位。
Jìsuànjī chǎnyè nénggòu tígōng xiāngdāng duō de jiùyè gǎngwèi.
There are many jobs available in the computer industry.
这个岗位不合适小姑娘。
Zhège gǎngwèi bù héshì xiǎo gūniáng.
The job isn't suitable for young girls.
水池是花岗岩做的。
Shuǐchí shì huāgāngyán zuò de.
The washbasin is made of granite.
Character Family
山 Radical Family — Characters sharing the mountain radical
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