簧 [－]

Jyutping wong4
Pinyin huáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. metallic reed
  2. spring of lock
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. metallic reed of woodwind instrument/spring of lock/spring coil
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    spring coil
  2. character
    sweet words
  3. character
    reed (of a musical instrument)
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. reed of woodwind instrument
  2. Cangjie Input
    HTMC
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    我必须拿我的双簧管去修理。
    我必須拿我的雙簧管去修理。
    wǒ bì xū ná wǒ de shuāng huáng guǎn qù xiū lǐ 。
    • I need to get my oboe repaired.
    • I must take my oboe for repair.
  2. Mandarin
    汤姆和玛丽都不会吹单簧管。
    湯姆和瑪麗都不會吹單簧管。
    tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì dōu bù huì chuī dān huáng guǎn 。
    • Neither Tom nor Mary knows how to play the clarinet.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你净系喺度念口簧，读几耐都唔会明。
    你淨係喺度唸口簧，讀幾耐都唔會明。
    nei5 zing6 hai6 hai2 dou6 nim6 hau2 wong2, duk6 gei2 noi6 dou1 m4 wui5 ming4.
    • You're just reading out the text like a tape recorder. You won't get it no matter how much time you study.
  2. Cantonese
    吹奏双簧管好难㗎，好容易走音。
    吹奏雙簧管好難㗎，好容易走音。
    ceoi3 zau3 soeng1 wong4 gun2 hou2 naan4 gaa3, hou2 jung4 ji6 zau2 jam1.
    • It is hard to play the oboe, it gets out of tune easily.
  3. Cantonese
    佢两个唱双簧，令佢哋阿妈改咗份遗嘱。
    佢兩個唱雙簧，令佢哋阿媽改咗份遺囑。
    keoi5 loeng5 go3 coeng3 soeng1 wong2, ling6 keoi5 dei6 aa3 maa1 goi2 zo2 fan6 wai4 zuk1.
    • They took the same side and coerced their mother to change her will.
  4. Cantonese
    念口簧
    唸口簧
    nim6 hau2 wong2
    • to read aloud a text, slogans, etc. after reciting them without understanding the meaning
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    甚至有次被一只劣质油笔迸出的弹簧伤了眼皮
    甚至有次被一隻劣質油筆迸出的彈簧傷了眼皮
    shèn zhì yǒu cì bèi yī zhī liè zhì yóu bǐ bèng chū de tán huáng shāng le yǎn pí
    • one time, he even hurt his eyelid from the spring that popped out from a faulty ballpoint pen