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- Takahashi (name)
- Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan
- Highbridge (name)
Trad. 棟梁
- ridgepole
- ridgepole and beams
- person able to bear heavy responsibility
- mainstay (of organization)
- pillar (of state)
Trad. 穀梁
- two-character surname Guliang
- abbr. for 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], Guliang Annals
Trad. 上樑
- to lay an upper beam
- (a building's) upper beam
- (a bicycle's) top tube
Trad. 梁書
- History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[Yao2 Si1 lian2] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls
- beam
- rafter
- lintel
- person able to bear heavy responsibility
- mainstay (of organization)
- pillar (of state)
- Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[De2 hong2 Dai3 zu2 Jing3 po1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
- The Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台[Liang2 Shan1 bo2 yu3 Zhu4 Ying1 tai2])
Trad. 浮梁縣
- Fuliang, a county in Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市[Jing3 de2 zhen4 Shi4], Jiangxi
- Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[Gang1 shan1 xian4], Japan
- Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[Gang1 shan1 xian4], Japan
Trad. 銅梁區
- Tongliang, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
Trad. 白鶴梁
- White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings
Trad. 穀梁傳
- Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], first published during the Han Dynasty
Trad. 呂梁市
- Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
Trad. 梁啟超
- Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
Trad. 梁園區
- Liangyuan, a district of Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 梁山縣
- Liangshan County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong
Trad. 梁平區
- Liangping, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4]
- Leung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
Trad. 梁河縣
- Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[De2 hong2 Dai3 zu2 Jing3 po1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
- Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
Trad. 梁辰魚
- Liang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school
Trad. 梁靜茹
- Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer
- also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong
- (idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon
- Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician
Trad. 繞梁三日
- reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Trad. 偷梁換柱
- lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- to replace the original with a fake
- to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
Trad. 懸樑刺股
- to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
- see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3]
- lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
- fig. a thief
Trad. 餘音繞梁
- reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Trad. 餘響繞梁
- reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Trad. 梁子湖區
- Liangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市[E4 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei
Trad. 梁山好漢
- the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4])
- driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels
- to drive to revolt
- to force sb to desperate action
Trad. 梁唐晉漢周書
- another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史[Jiu4 Wu3 dai4 shi3]
Trad. 頭懸梁，錐刺股
- lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
- fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
- lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
Trad. 梁山伯與祝英台
- The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai