Definitions
- 1. stick
- 2. rod
- 3. truncheon
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Common mistakes
棍 can be used in derogatory terms like 恶棍 (villain), which is easy to miss for learners.
Formality
棍 is neutral, but in compound words like 冰棍儿 (ice pop) it becomes colloquial.
Example Sentences
2 shown他手里拿着一根 棍 。
你是光 棍 兒嗎？
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Words Containing 棍
ice lolly
stick
club
to deal a single fatal blow
gangster
Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day
nunchaku
popsicle
leg vise (torture instrument)
scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain
to live as bachelor
to bludgeon
cane
poker
crowbar
(derog.) shit-stirrer
bent stick
field hockey
wooden stick
staff; rod
baguette
baguette (bread)
lecher
(sport) club
(Wu dialect) sturdy
police truncheon
hardened gambler
baguette
nunchaku
nunchaku martial arts
stun baton