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敞

chǎng

HSK 6 Character

What 敞 means

1. open to the view of all
2. spacious
3. to open wide
4. to disclose

Example sentences

• 敞开你的心扉。
  Chǎngkāi nǐ de xīnfēi.
  Open your heart.
• 我开一辆敞篷车。
  I drive a convertible.
• 我只是想敞开心扉。
  Wǒ zhǐshì xiǎng chǎngkāi xīnfēi.
  I just need to get something off my chest.
• 我新家的客厅很宽敞。
  The living room in my new house is very large.
• 一股寒风从敞开着的窗口吹入屋内。
  An icy wind blew into the room through the open window.
• 房间里的镜面墙营造出宽敞的错觉。
  A mirror wall in the room creates an illusion of spaciousness.

Words starting with 敞

• 敞开chǎng kāito open wide; unrestrictedly
• 敞亮chǎng liàngbright and spacious
• 敞口chǎng kǒuopen-mouthed (jar etc); (of speech) freely; exposure (finance)
• 敞车chǎng chēopen wagon; (railway) flatcar
• 敞开儿chǎng kāi runrestrictedly
• 敞篷车chǎng péng chēa convertible; open-top car
• 敞篷汽车chǎng péng qì chēconvertible (car)

Words containing 敞

• 宽敞kuān changspacious; wide
• 嘴敞zuǐ chǎngto have a loose tongue; talkative
• 张敞Zhāng ChǎngZhang Chang, official and scholar of the Western Han dynasty
• 开敞kāi chǎngwide open
• 高敞gāo chǎnglarge and spacious

Characters built on 尚

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

• 躺tǎngto recline; to lie down
• 倘tǎngif; supposing; in case
• 趟tàngclassifier for times, round trips or rows; a time; a trip
• 淌tǎngto drip; to trickle; to shed (tears)
• 徜chángsit cross-legged; walk back and forth
• 惝chǎngdisappointed; listless; frightened
• 绱shàngto sole a shoe

Characters that look like 敞

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

• 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
• 做zuòto make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc)
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 敛liǎn(literary) to hold back; (literary) to restrain; to control (oneself); to collect…
• 袱fú(bound form) a cloth used to wrap or cover
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined

Sounds the same

Read chǎng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 场large place used for a specific purpose; stage; scene (of a play)
• 厂factory; yard; depot
• 昶(of the day) long; old variant of 畅
• 氅overcoat
• 惝disappointed; listless; frightened
• 䠀to squat; to sit
• 𬬮sharp; a keen edge; sharp point
• 厰variant of 厂