糖 (táng): sugar, sweets, candy
糖 (táng) is a Chinese character meaning “sugar.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 米 (semantic) and 唐 (phonetic). It ranks #1730 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 糖 rice. Its radical form 米 (rice) appears in many related characters such as 米 (mǐ, uncooked rice), 类 (lèi, kind), 精 (jīng, essence).
Definitions
- sugar
- sweets
- candy
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 糖
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 口香糖 | kǒu xiāng táng | chewing gum |
| 糖浆 | táng jiāng | syrup |
| 软糖 | ruǎn táng | soft candy (gummi candy, gumdrop, jellybean etc) |
| 棒棒糖 | bàng bàng táng | lollipop |
| 薄荷糖 | bò he táng | mint (confectionery) |
| 蜜糖 | mì táng | honey |
| 泡泡糖 | pào pào táng | bubble gum |
| 血糖 | xuè táng | blood sugar |
| 乳糖 | rǔ táng | lactose |
| 焦糖 | jiāo táng | caramel |
| 低血糖 | dī xuè táng | hypoglycemia (medicine) |
| 糖衣 | táng yī | frosting or icing (on cakes etc) |
| 蔗糖 | zhè táng | cane sugar |
| 葡萄糖 | pú tao táng | glucose C6H12O6 |
| 白糖 | bái táng | (refined) white sugar |
糖 appears in 100 compound words: 26 as the first character, 68 as the last, and 6 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 糖 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
Showing 6 of 7 idioms containing 糖.
Example Sentences
糖字由16笔画组成，结构很巧妙。
táng zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .
The character for "sugar" consists of 16 strokes and has a very clever structure.
无糖食品有哪些东西?代糖饼干、无糖豆浆、黑巧...
wú táng shí pǐn yǒu nǎ xiē dōng xī ? dài táng bǐng gān , wú táng dòu jiāng , hēi qiǎo . . .
What are the sugar-free foods? Sugar substitute biscuits, sugar-free soy milk, black chocolate...
麦芽糖醇是无糖食品吗?作为甜味剂被允许用于无糖...
mài yá táng chún shì wú táng shí pǐn ma ? zuò wéi tián wèi jì bèi yǔn xǔ yòng yú wú táng . . .
Is maltitol a sugar free food? As a sweetener is allowed for sugar-free ...
无糖食品真的不含糖吗?国标允许每100克含糖...
wú táng shí pǐn zhēn de bù hán táng ma ? guó biāo yǔn xǔ měi 1 0 0 kè hán táng . . .
Are sugar-free foods really sugar-free? The national standard allows sugar per 100 grams...
无糖的食品有哪些?饮料、糕点、酸奶都有无糖版...
wú táng de shí pǐn yǒu nǎ xiē ? yǐn liào , gāo diǎn , suān nǎi dōu yǒu wú táng bǎn . . .
What are sugar-free foods? Drinks, pastries, yogurts are all sugar-free...
麦芽糖醇属于无糖食品吗?它算不算国标定义的“糖...
mài yá táng chún shǔ yú wú táng shí pǐn ma ? tā suàn bù suàn guó biāo dìng yì de táng . . .
Is maltitol a sugar-free food? Is it considered a "sugar...
她在嚼口香糖，是吗？
Tā zài jiáo kǒuxiāngtáng, shì ma?
She's chewing gum, isn't she?
玛丽得糖尿病了，不是吗？
Mǎlì de tángniàobìng le, bùshìma?
Mary is diabetic, isn't she?
能把枫糖浆递给我吗？
Néng bǎ fēngtáng jiāng dì gěi wǒ ma?
Could you pass me the maple syrup?
我们需要面粉、砂糖和鸡蛋来做这个蛋糕。
Wǒmen xūyào miànfěn, shātáng hé jīdàn lái zuò zhège dàngāo.
We need flour, sugar and eggs to make this cake.
Character Family
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