杠 (gàng): thick pole; bar; rod

Measure Word

一根杠 gēn

Nǐ bié lǎo gēn wǒ táigàng.

Stop arguing with me all the time.

Lǎoshī yòng hóngbǐ zài cuòwù de dìfang huà le yī gàng.

The teacher drew a line through the mistake with a red pen.

usage

In internet slang, 杠精 (gàngjīng) means a contrarian troll who argues for the sake of arguing. 抬杠 (táigàng) means to bicker or nitpick.

mistakes

杠 has two readings: gāng (flagpole, footbridge) and gàng (bar/rod, to argue). The gàng reading is far more common in modern usage.

杠 gàng