kang
UK/ˈkæŋ/US/ˈkɑŋ/
kang noun: a traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night. Also the clipping of kangaroo.
Noun
kang (plural kangs)
- A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
- Why is it built this way?
Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven.
Kang? What is a kang for?
A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in.
You mean togther?
Thirty, forty, fifty...1958, 29:45 from the start, in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, →OCLC
- Why is it built this way?
- A large Chinese water jar.
Verb (1)
kang (third-person singular simple present kangs, present participle kanging, simple past and past participle kanged)
- To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization.
- To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians.
Verb (2)
kang (third-person singular simple present kangs, present participle kanging, simple past and past participle kanged)
- To appropriate someone else's work.
Proper noun capitalized: Kang
Kang (plural Kangs)
Also used as
kang is also the clipping of kangaroo.
kang is also the nonstandard form of king.
kang meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
kang in Hindi
- कांग, कँग
kang in Tamil
- காங், காங்ங்
kang in Marathi
- कांग, कँग, काँगिंग
kang in Urdu
- کانگ
More languagesFewer languages
- kang in Bengali
- কাং, কাং-এর প্রতি
- kang in Telugu
- కాంగ్, కంగ్, కాంగింగ్
- kang in Malayalam
- കാങ്, കാങ്ങിലേക്ക്
- kang in Kannada
- ಕಾಂಗ್, ಕಂಗ್, ಕಾಂಗಿಂಗ್
- kang in Punjabi
- ਕੰਗ, ਕਾਂਗ, ਕੰਗ ਤੱਕ
- kang in Gujarati
- કાંગ, કઁગ, કાંગને
- kang in Odia
- କାଙ୍ଗ୍, କାଙ୍ଗ, କାଙ୍ଗକୁ
- kang in Nepali
- काङ, कङ, काङ्ग
Forms of kang
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kangs |
| alternative form | k'ang |
| plural | kangz |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | kangs |
| present participle | kanging |
| past participle | kanged |
| past | kanged |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Kangs |
Origin of kang
Borrowed from Chinese 炕.
From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended.
Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users.
Phrases with kang
Words that rhyme with kang
Questions about kang
- What does kang mean?
- Kang means a traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
- What is kang in Hindi?
- Kang in Hindi is कांग, कँग. See Kang meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is kang?
- Kang can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce kang?
- Kang is pronounced /ˈkɑŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of kang?
- The plural of kang is kangs.
Words near kang in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kang (page history and authors); Kang (page history and authors); kang (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); kang (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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