noun

kang

käng

noun

A traditional heated platform bed found in northern China, built from brick or clay and warmed from beneath.

"The whole family slept on the kang to stay warm through the winter."

verb

Slang: to copy or repurpose someone else’s creative work, especially a game mod or character, with minimal changes and pass it off as original.

"The new fighting-game mod was accused of kanging assets from an older project."

How to Use Kang

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishEither a Chinese heated sleeping platform, or (as slang) to lift someone else’s creative work without proper credit.

When to use it

The "copy someone’s work" sense is very informal internet/gaming slang, not standard English.

Word Forms

kanged past tense, kanged past tense, kangs plural, kangs singular, kangs singular

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Etymology

The bed sense is from Chinese kang. The slang "to copy" sense is unrelated internet slang of disputed origin, popularised in gaming and modding communities.

Rhymes for kang

Ang hang rang sang bang yang pang dang fang gang tang nang

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