汤 tāng

“soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs”

noun, nameHSK 4 · 2021 list level 3Traditional 湯

新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level

汤 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entry. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.

Entry 1720: 汤 tāng — Level 4; official annotation 4 (名). PDF page 122

Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.

用法How to use 汤

汤 means soup: a liquid food made by cooking ingredients in water. It is a common noun, used with verbs like 喝 and 做 and with measure words like 碗. Typical patterns are 喝汤, 做汤, and 一碗汤.

例句Example sentences

妈妈做的汤很好喝。mā ma zuò de tāng hěn hǎo hē.The soup my mom makes is very good.
我想喝一碗热汤。wǒ xiǎng hē yì wǎn rè tāng.I want to drink a bowl of hot soup.
这家饭馆的汤很便宜。zhè jiā fàn guǎn de tāng hěn pián yi.The soup at this restaurant is very cheap.

常见错误Common mistakes

✗我每天吃汤。

✓我每天喝汤。

汤 is a liquid, so use 喝 (drink), not 吃 (eat).

义项All meanings

Tāng: surname Tang
shāng: rushing current
tāng: soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled