杠杆

槓桿
gànggǎn
  1. lever
  2. pry bar
  3. crowbar
  4. financial leverage

CEDICT

Entry Composition

=1 杠 gàng variant of 杠 gàng
=1 杠 gàng
  1. coffin-bearing pole (old)
  2. thick pole; bar; rod
  3. thick line
  4. to mark with a thick line
  5. to sharpen (a knife, razor etc)
  6. to get into a dispute with
  7. standard; criterion
  8. hyphen; dash
2 杆 gǎn
  1. stick
  2. pole
  3. lever
  4. classifier for long objects such as guns