扁担 (biǎndan) · carrying pole, shoulder pole

Measure Word

一根扁担 gēn

HSK 5

他用扁担挑着两桶水。

Tā yòng biǎndan tiāo zhe liǎng tǒng shuǐ.

He carried two buckets of water on a shoulder pole.

HSK 5

爷爷那根用了几十年的扁担还挂在墙上。

Yéye nà gēn yòng le jǐshí nián de biǎndan hái guà zài qiáng shàng.

The shoulder pole Grandpa used for decades still hangs on the wall.

culture

Children learn the tongue twister that starts 扁担长，板凳宽 'the pole is long, the bench is wide' and then ties itself in knots over the two.

扁 biǎn

担 dān