廂 (soeng1 | xiang1) : train compartment; box; wing

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廂

soeng1

xiang1

[1] (train) compartment; railway carriage
[2] box (in theatre, stadium, etc)
[3] (building) wing; side-room
[4] (city) vicinity; outskirts
[5] [literary] side; aspect

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 广 (#53)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

廂 / 厢

This word has been viewed 3461 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Jan 2011 04:16

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款廂型車 fun2 soeng1 jing4 ce1 kuan3 xiang1 xing2 che1 = Minivan

車廂 ce1 soeng1 che1 xiang1 = carriage

包廂 baau1 soeng1 bao1 xiang1 = box (in a theatre or concert hall)

樓廂 lau4 soeng1 lou2 xiang1 = a loft

一廂情願 jat1 soeng1 cing4 jyun6 yi4 xiang1 qing2 yuan4 = one's own wishful thinking

兩廂情願 loeng5 soeng1 cing4 jyun6 liang3 xiang1 qing2 yuan4 = in mutual agreement; both parties are willing

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個差人喺車尾廂搵到個屍體粵
The policeman found the body in the car's trunk.
[Lit. [counter] policeman at car-trunk find-arrive [counter] dead-body In this example, 喺車尾廂 cannot go at the end of the sentence. (Why?)]

車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
[MTR announcement]

請注意，地鐵車廂內嚴禁飲食，請保持車廂清潔衛生，多謝合作
Please remember. No eating or drinking on MTR trains. Help us keep them fresh, clean and tidy. Thank you!
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,132183 It's supposed to be a MTR announcement, but the wordings are not exactly the same.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 廂
Unicode code for this character: U+5ec2 (off-site link)

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