Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- liáng
English
- bridge
- variant of 梁[liang2]
- beam
- beam
粵語
- 建築物入面嘅水平主結構件，承受上面嘅重量，將負荷傳畀柱或者牆（量詞：條）
Variants
Words containing 樑
- 橋樑kiu4 loeng4
bridge
- 架樑gaa3 loeng2
(noun) an intervener
- 棟樑dung6 loeng4
a column; the pillar
- 橫樑waang4 loeng4
beam, structural support in a building
- 鼻樑bei6 loeng4
bridge of the nose; nose bridge
- 上樑soeng6 loeng4
to lay an upper beam
- 屋樑uk1 loeng4
- 做架樑zou6 gaa3 loeng2
to intervene in a quarrel or feud
- 挑大樑tiu1 daai6 loeng4
to take up the most important role in an event or an organisation
- 懸樑刺股jyun4 loeng4 ci3 gu2
to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
- 樑上君子loeng4 soeng5 gwan1 zi2
a burglar
- 橫樑裏waang4 loeng4 leoi5
- 蘇錦樑sou1 gam2 loeng4
Gregory So Kam-leung, name of politician in Hong Kong
- 黃樑一夢wong4 loeng4 jat1 mung6
- 上樑不正下樑歪soeng6 loeng4 bat1 zeng3 haa6 loeng4 waai1
Once the superiors do not set a good example, the subordinates will be unlikely to behave well.; literally: the upper beam is not straight, then the lower beam is crooked
- 上樑不正下樑歪soeng6 loeng4 bat1 zeng3 haa6 loeng4 waai1
Once the superiors do not set a good example, the subordinates will be unlikely to behave well.; literally: the upper beam is not straight, then the lower beam is crooked