箱 (soeng1 | xiang1) : chest; box; suitcase

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箱

soeng1

xiang1

[1] chest; box; suitcase; trunk
[2] anything in the shape of a box

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Stroke count: 15

Level: 1

Radical: 竹 (#118)

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

箱

This word has been viewed 8628 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Apr 2011 02:42

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烤箱 haau2 soeng1 kao3 xiang1 = oven 國

電冰箱 din6 bing1 soeng1 dian4 bing1 xiang1 = refrigerator, fridge 國

信箱 seon3 soeng1 xin4 xiang1 = [1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox

箱子 soeng1 zi2 xiang1 zi5 = bin; box; chest; case; trunk 國

紙皮箱 zi2 pei4 soeng1 = cardboard box 粵

車尾箱 ce1 mei5 soeng1 = trunk; boot (of a car)

郵箱 jau4 soeng1 you2 xiang1 = [1] a post office box P.O.B. [2] a mailbox

皮箱 pei4 soeng1 pi2 xiang1 = leather suitcase

波箱 bo1 soeng1 = gearbox

柳條箱 lau5 tiu4*2 soeng1 = a basket made of willow branches
See all 46 compounds (CantoDict reports 48 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 3 examples containing 箱

啲錢喺保險箱裡便粵
The money's in the safe.
[Lit. the money at safe inside]

保險箱裡便有一盤水粵
There's a lot of money in the safe.
[Lit. safe inside have one-tray-water]

呢個紙板箱，放喺地下就得㗎喇。粵
Just leave this cardboard box on the floor.
[(No need to do anything else to the box.)]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 箱
Unicode code for this character: U+7bb1 (off-site link)

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