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柜

guì

HSK 5 Character Traditional 櫃

What 柜 means

1. cupboard
2. cabinet
3. wardrobe

Other readings

柜 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• jǔSalix multinervis
• guìvariant of {柜|guì}

Example sentences

• 橱柜里有什么？
  Chúguì lǐ yǒu shénme?
  What's in the closet?
• 我瞧了瞧橱柜。
  Wǒ qiáo le qiáo chúguì.
  I looked in the cupboard.
• 桌布在橱柜里。
  Zhuōbù zài chúguì lǐ.
  The tablecloth is in the cabinet.
• 橱柜里有什幺？
  What's in the closet?
• 你藏进柜子里去。
  Nǐ cáng jìn guìzi lǐ qù.
  Hide in the closet.
• 我的在床头柜上。
  Wǒ de zài chuángtóuguì shàng.
  Mine is on the nightstand.

Words starting with 柜

• 柜台guì táisales counter; front desk; bar; (of financial trading, medicines etc) OTC…
• 柜子guì zicupboard; cabinet
• 柜员guì yuánteller; counter clerk
• 柜哥guì gēsales guy; retail associate (male)
• 柜姐guì jiěsales girl; retail associate (female)
• 柜员机guì yuán jīATM

Words containing 柜

• 衣柜yī guìwardrobe; armoire
• 专柜zhuān guìsales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol)
• 书柜shū guìbookcase
• 掌柜zhǎng guìshopkeeper
• 床头柜chuáng tóu guìbedside cabinet
• 保险柜bǎo xiǎn guìa safe; strongbox
• 翻箱倒柜fān xiāng dǎo guìto overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
• 冰柜bīng guìfreezer
• 货柜huò guìcounter for the display of goods; (Taiwan) container (for freight transport)
• 出柜chū guìto come out of the closet; to reveal one's sexual orientation
• 展柜zhǎn guìdisplay case
• 浴柜yù guìbathroom cabinet
• 深柜shēn guì(slang) (of an LGBT person etc) closeted; person who keeps their sexual orientation…
• 约柜yuē guìArk of the Covenant
• 酒柜jiǔ guìliquor cabinet
• 金柜jīn guìstrongbox; safe; metal bookcase
• 雪柜xuě guìicebox; refrigerator (Hong Kong usage)
• 储物柜chǔ wù guìlocker; cabinet
• 寄物柜jì wù guìbaggage locker; coin locker
• 置物柜zhì wù guìlocker; cabinet
• 衣物柜yī wù guìlocker; lockable compartment
• 货柜车huò guì chē(Taiwan) container truck
• 配电柜pèi diàn guìpower cabinet; switch box
• 电冰柜diàn bīng guìfreezer

Characters that look like 柜

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

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 枢shū(bound form) hinge; pivot (usu. fig.)
• 栅zhàfence; also pr. shān
• 栎lìoak; Quercus serrata
• 枸gōubent; crooked

Sounds the same

Read guì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 贵expensive; (bound form) highly valued; precious; (bound form) noble; of high rank
• 跪to kneel
• 桂cassia; laurel
• 刽to amputate; to cut off; also pr. kuài
• 桧Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis); (old) coffin lid decoration; Taiwan pr. kuài
• 攰totally exhausted (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 累
• 鳜mandarin fish; Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi)
• 刿cut; injure
• 嶡precipitous; mountainous
• 溎name of a river
• 鱥minnow
• 筀bamboo (archaic)