轧钢

軋鋼

zhágāng

verb

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他父亲在钢铁厂轧钢。

Tā fùqin zài gāngtiěchǎng zhágāng.

His father rolls steel at a steelworks.

HSK 7-9

轧钢之前，钢坯要先加热到一千多度。

Zhágāng zhīqián, gāngpī yào xiān jiārè dào yìqiān duō dù.

Before rolling, the steel billets are first heated to over a thousand degrees.

mistakes

轧 is read zhá here, as in 轧钢厂 'rolling mill' and 轧制 'to roll'. Its everyday reading yà means to run over or crush, but 轧钢 is never read yàgāng.

轧 yà

钢 gāng