English Dictionary

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. / A large Chinese water jar.

The workers laid the bricks on the kang to build a traditional platform.

意味（1）

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?

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 at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.

意味（2）

A large Chinese water jar.