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棺材

guān cai

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Measure word 具、口

棺材 (guān cai) means "coffin". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 棺材 means

1. coffin

The characters in 棺材

• 棺guāncoffin
• 材cáimaterial; timber; ability

Example sentences

• 母亲们心里清楚，儿子回来时只剩一口棺材。
  Mothers know their sons are coming back in caskets.

Words starting with 棺材

• 棺材板guān cai bǎnwooden board used to make a coffin (also refers to the coffin itself)…
• 棺材瓤子guān cai ráng zigeezer with one foot in the grave (used jokingly or as an imprecation)

Words containing 棺材

• 不见棺材不落泪bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèilit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)…

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