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汤 has 2 dictionary pronunciations. The examples show how each reading behaves in real words.
rushing current
soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs
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boiled or deep-fried balls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival
clear soup
first bouillon, a broth made with ingredients that may later be reboiled to make a second bouillon 二湯|二汤[er4 tang1]
bouillon cube
noodle soup
noodles in soup
water in which rice has been boiled and then strained out
second bouillon, a light broth obtained by reboiling ingredients that were previously used to make a full-strength first bouillon 頭湯|头汤[tou2 tang1]
tisane
steamed dumpling
impregnable fortress
clear soup
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Are you saying that I killed Tom?
Source: Tatoeba #8753040 · CC BY 2.0 FRI saw Tom leaving his house.
Source: Tatoeba #6744638 · CC BY 2.0 FRTom didn't give me what I asked him for.
Source: Tatoeba #5569382 · CC BY 2.0 FRI saw you kissing Tom.
Source: Tatoeba #5091248 · CC BY 2.0 FRHave you ever been to Tom's?
Source: Tatoeba #9423224 · CC BY 2.0 FRI was the last one to see Tom.
Source: Tatoeba #5576799 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.