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厢

xiāng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 廂

What 厢 means

1. box (in theater)
2. side room
3. side

Example sentences

• 汤姆在车厢里找到玛丽的雨伞。
  Tāngmǔ zài chēxiāng lǐ zhǎodào Mǎlì de yǔsǎn.
  Tom found Mary's umbrella in the trunk of his car.
• 请小心月台与车厢之间的空隙。
  Qǐng xiǎoxīn yuètái yǔ chēxiāng zhījiān de kòngxì.
  Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.
• 火车的尾三节车厢损坏得很严重。
  Huǒchē de wěi sān jiē chēxiāng sǔnhuài dehěn yánzhòng.
  The last three coaches of the train were badly damaged.

Words starting with 厢

• 厢房xiāng fángwing (of a traditional house); side room
• 厢型车xiāng xíng chēvan (Tw)
• 厢式车xiāng shì chēvan

Words containing 厢

• 车厢chē xiāngcarriage
• 包厢bāo xiāngbox (in a theater or concert hall); private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
• 一厢情愿yī xiāng qíng yuànone's own wishful thinking
• 西厢记Xī xiāng JìRomance of the West Chamber by Wang Shifu 王实甫
• 壁厢bì xiānglateral; side; to the side
• 楼厢lóu xiāngloft
• 边厢biān xiāngside; side-room; room in the wings
• 城厢区Chéng xiāng QūChengxiang, a district of Putian City 莆田市
• 两厢情愿liǎng xiāng qíng yuànboth sides are willing; by mutual consent
• 轿厢jiào xiāngelevator car; cable car cabin; gondola (on a Ferris wheel)
• 三厢sān xiāngsedan (automobile body type)
• 城厢Chéng xiāngsee 城厢区
• 一壁厢yī bì xiāngsee 一壁

Characters built on 相

These share the phonetic component 相 (xiāng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 想xiǎngto think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that)
• 箱xiāngbox; trunk; chest
• 湘Xiāngabbr. for Hunan 湖南 province in south central China…
• 葙xiāngsee 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
• 缃xiānglight yellow color

Characters that look like 厢

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 康kānghealthy; peaceful; abundant
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 厥juéto faint; to lose consciousness; his
• 厩jiùstable; barn
• 孱cànused in 孱头

Sounds the same

Read xiāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 相each other; one another; mutually
• 箱box; trunk; chest
• 香fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• 乡country or countryside; native place; home village or town
• 镶to inlay; to embed; ridge
• 襄(literary) to assist
• 缃light yellow color
• 芗aromatic herb used for seasoning; variant of 香
• 骧(literary) to run friskily (of a horse); to raise; to hold high
• 忀to stroll; to ramble
• 欀inner lining of wooden utensils; component beam used in building construction…
• 𬙋cord to hold up sleeves