kang
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of kang
From the Chinese word kàng
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Inside their home, flames crackle beneath a heated platform - called a "kang" - which is their main source of warmth.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2024
From there, she imports the paste for kang huy lay, a pork belly curry that’s a mellow confluence of ginger and garlic, both fresh and pickled, and lulling.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2018
This was kang hoh, rice vermicelli tangled up with tender pork in a tamarind-soured dry curry from northern Thailand.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
On the palisades in front of the church hang red banners proclaiming the fifth commandment of the Catholic catechism: Huwag kang papatay, it reads.
From Time ● Jan. 16, 2017
Often a professional entertainer sat cross-legged on the kang telling endless stories or singing for hours at a time in a high-pitched, nasal voice, accompanying himself upon a tiny snakeskin violin.
From Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews
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