刚刚 剛剛 gāng gang just recently / just a moment ago syn 大哥 dà gē eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 黑帮 黑幫 hēi bāng bunch of gangsters / criminal gang / organized crime syndicate syn 卧底 臥底 wò dǐ to hide (as an undercover agent) / an insider (in a gang of thieves) / a mole 帮派 幫派 bāng pài gang / faction syn 拉丁 lā dīng Latin / (in former times) to press-gang / to kidnap and force people into service 团伙 團伙 tuán huǒ (criminal) gang / gang member / accomplice / crony syn 勾搭 gōu da to gang up / to fool around with / to make up to syn 头目 頭目 tóu mù ringleader / gang leader / chieftain syn 帮会 幫會 bāng huì secret society / underworld gang 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 杆子 桿子 gǎn zi pole / stick / club / gang of bandits syn 头子 頭子 tóu zi boss / gang leader syn 串通 chuàn tōng to collude / to collaborate / to gang up syn 勾结 勾結 gōu jié to collude with / to collaborate with / to gang up with syn 三合会 三合會 sān hé huì triad, Chinese crime gang / triad society, anti-Manchu secret society in Qing-dynasty China 贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname? / (May I ask) your surname? syn 帮子 幫子 bāng zi outer (of cabbage etc) / upper (of a shoe) / (coll.) group / gang syn 轮奸 輪姦 lún jiān to gang rape syn 匪帮 匪幫 fěi bāng gang of bandits / criminal gang (formerly often used of political opponents) syn 贼船 賊船 zéi chuán pirate ship / fig. venture of dubious merit / criminal gang / reactionary faction 拉夫 lā fū to force into service / press-gang 一气 一氣 yī qì at one go / at a stretch / for a period of time / forming a gang syn 四人帮 四人幫 sì rén bāng Gang of Four: Jiang Qing 江青[Jiang1 Qing1], Zhang Chunqiao 張春橋|张春桥[Zhang1 Chun1 qiao2], Yao Wenyuan 姚文元[Yao2 Wen2 yuan2], Wang Hongwen 王洪文[Wang2 Hong2 wen2], who served as scapegoats for the excesses of the cultural revolution 一群 yī qún gang / regiment 结伙 結伙 jié huǒ to form a gang syn 江青 jiāng qīng Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four 上线 上線 shàng xiàn to go online / to put sth online / to reach a specific standard / to put into production / handler (person who oversees and directs the activities of another person in a gang, spy ring etc) 打掉 dǎ diào to tear down / to destroy / to dismantle (a gang) / to abort (a fetus) 围殴 圍毆 wéi ōu to gang up and beat 张春桥 張春橋 zhāng chūn qiáo Zhang Chunqiao (1917-2005), one of the Gang of Four 姚文元 yáo wén yuán Yao Wenyuan (1931-2005), one of the Gang of Four 帮 幫 bāng to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society syn 刚 剛 gāng hard / firm / strong / just / barely / exactly syn 喽 嘍 lóu (bound form) subordinates in a gang of bandits syn 港 gǎng harbor / port / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 串 chuàn to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across syn 朴 piáo surname Piao / Korean surname (Park, Pak or Bak) / also pr. [Pu2] syn 钢 鋼 gāng steel syn 扛 摃 gāng old variant of 扛[gang1] syn 冈 岡 gāng ridge / mound syn 岗 崗 gǎng (bound form) hillock / mound / sentry post / policeman's beat / (bound form) job / post syn 缸 gāng jar / vat / classifier for loads of laundry / CL:口[kou3] syn 肛 gāng (bound form) anus / rectum syn 纲 綱 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 杠 gāng flagpole / footbridge syn 狐朋狗友 hú péng gǒu yǒu a pack of rogues (idiom) / a gang of scoundrels 党徒 黨徒 dǎng tú clique member / henchman / gang member / crony syn 结党营私 結黨營私 jié dǎng yíng sī to gang up for personal interest (idiom) / to form a clique syn 群架 qún jià group scuffle / gang fight 戆 戇 gàng stupid (Wu dialect) 王洪文 wáng hóng wén Wang Hongwen (1935-1992), one of the Gang of Four 张志新 張志新 zhāng zhì xīn Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979 倾巢 傾巢 qīng cháo lit. the whole nest came out (to fight us) / a turnout in full force (of a gang of villains) 狐群狗党 狐群狗黨 hú qún gǒu dǎng a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs (idiom) / a gang of rogues syn 汉姓 漢姓 hàn xìng a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group 罡 gāng stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper 那 nā surname Na syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 区 區 ōu surname Ou 单 單 shàn surname Shan syn 某人 mǒu rén someone / a certain person / some people / I (self-address after one's surname) syn 华 華 huà Mount Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi / surname Hua syn 姓名 xìng míng surname and given name / full name syn 巴尔的摩 巴爾的摩 bā ěr dì mó Baltimore (place name, surname etc) 尼克松 ní kè sōng Richard Nixon (1913-1994), US president 1969-1974 / surname Nixon 西门 西門 xī mén two-character surname Ximen 中村 zhōng cūn Nakamura (Japanese surname) 海德 hǎi dé Hyde (surname) 山下 shān xià Yamashita (Japanese surname) syn 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 铃木 鈴木 líng mù Suzuki (Japanese surname) 布尔 布爾 bù ěr Boole (surname) / (math.) Boolean 田中 tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhang1hua4 Xian4], Taiwan / Tanaka (Japanese surname) 山本 shān běn Yamamoto (Japanese surname) 井上 jǐng shàng Inoue (Japanese surname, pr. "ee-no-oo-ay") 山田 shān tián Yamada (Japanese surname) 莱特 萊特 lái tè Wright (surname) 考克斯 kǎo kè sī Cox (surname) 惠特曼 huì tè màn Whitman (surname) / Walt Whitman (1819-1892), American poet and journalist 班克斯 bān kè sī Banks (surname) / Banksy (UK artist) 强生 強生 qiáng shēng Johnson (surname) / Johnson & Johnson (company) 老总 老總 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer syn 小林 xiǎo lín Kobayashi (Japanese surname) 施密特 shī mì tè Schmidt or Schmitt (surname) 和田 hé tián see 和田地區|和田地区[He2tian2 Di4qu1] / Wada (Japanese surname and place name) 高桥 高橋 gāo qiáo Takahashi (Japanese surname) 南宫 南宮 nán gōng two-character surname Nangong / Nangong, county-level city in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2tai2], Hebei 大和 dà hé Yamato, an ancient Japanese province, a period of Japanese history, a place name, a surname etc / Daiwa, a Japanese place name, business name etc 松本 鬆本 sōng běn Matsumoto (Japanese surname and place name) 伊藤 yī téng Itō or Itoh, Japanese surname / Ito-Yokado (supermarket) (abbr. for 伊藤洋華堂|伊藤洋华堂[Yi1teng2 Yang2hua2tang2]) 邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill 渡边 渡邊 dù biān Watanabe (Japanese surname) 吉田 jí tián Yoshida (Japanese surname and place name) 独孤 獨孤 dú gū two-character surname Dugu 诸葛 諸葛 zhū gě two-character surname Zhuge / Taiwan pr. [Zhu1ge2] 桥本 橋本 qiáo běn Hashimoto (Japanese surname and place name) 