hāng

technical
noun

Meaning of 夯歌

夯歌 means work song sung during tamping or ramming; chant used to coordinate laborers lifting and dropping heavy tampers. Pronounced hāng gē.

  • work song sung during tamping or ramming; chant used to coordinate laborers lifting and dropping heavy tampers

Definitions & Examples

Yuǎn
chù
chuán
lái
zhèn
zhèn
hāng
shēng
 

From afar came bursts of rammer songs.

Zhè
shǒu
lǎo
de
hāng
jīng
liú
chuán
le
shàng
bǎi
nián
 

This ancient tamping song has been passed down for over a hundred years.

Gōng
rén
men
hǎn
zhe
hāng
 
xīn
xié
de
hāng
shí
 

The workers shouted out rammer songs, working together to compact the foundation.

Measure Words

/ shǒu
Primary
/ zhī