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盒

hé

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

What 盒 means

1. small box
2. case

How 盒 is used in grammar

盒 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Container measures: 瓶/盒/袋/杯 (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 4, measure words (名量词).

Example sentences

• 盒子几乎是空的
  This box is almost empty.
• 我买了盒录像带。
  Wǒ mǎi le hé lùxiàngdài.
  I buy a videotape.
• 盒子几乎是空的。
  The box is almost empty.
• 我能打开盒子吗?
  May I open the box?
• 盒子里有些空瓶。
  There are some empty bottles in the box.
• 盒子里有一些蛋。
  There are some eggs in the box.

Words starting with 盒

• 盒子hé zibox; case; hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
• 盒饭hé fànmeal in a partitioned box
• 盒带hé dàicassette tape (abbr. for 盒式录音磁带
• 盒中袋hé zhōng dàibag-in-box (packaging)
• 盒式录音磁带hé shì lù yīn cí dàicassette tape

Words containing 盒

• 饭盒fàn hélunchbox; mess tin
• 纸盒zhǐ hépaperboard box; cardboard box; carton
• 骨灰盒gǔ huī hébox for bone ashes; funerary casket
• 墨盒mò héink cartridge
• 机顶盒jī dǐng héset-top box
• 铅笔盒qiān bǐ hépencil case
• 印盒yìn héseal case; box for seal and ink pad
• 提盒tí hébox with tiered compartments and a handle; lunch box
• 暗盒àn hémagazine; cassette
• 沙盒shā hé(computing) sandbox
• 粉盒fěn hé(cosmetics) powder box; compact
• 开盒kāi hé(slang) to dox
• 黑盒hēi héblack box; fig. system whose internal structure is unknown
• 保险盒bǎo xiǎn héfuse box
• 冰块盒bīng kuài héice cube tray
• 接线盒jiē xiàn héjunction box (elec.)
• 档案盒dàng àn héarchive box
• 检毒盒jiǎn dú hédetection kit
• 音乐盒yīn yuè hémusic box
• 领盒饭lǐng hé fàn(colloquial) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done…
• 盲盒máng héblind box; mystery box
• 潘多拉魔盒pān duō lā mó héa Pandora's box
• 鼻烟盒bí yān hésnuffbox
• 噪音盒zào yīn héboombox; ghetto blaster

Characters built on 合

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

• 鸽gēpigeon; dove
• 蛤gé(bound form) clam; used in 蛤蚧
• 颌hé(bound form) jaw
• 搿géto hug
• 拾shèto ascend in light steps

Characters that look like 盒

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

• 童tóngchild
• 盘pántray; plate; dish; (finance) (bound form) market prices; (computing; bound form) disk
• 雪xuěsnow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)
• 盎àng(literary) ancient earthenware container with a big belly and small mouth…
• 龛kān(bound form) niche; shrine
• 翕xīto open and close (the mouth etc); friendly; compliant

Sounds the same

Read hé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 和(joining two nouns) and; together with; with (Taiwan pr. hàn); (math) sum; to make peace
• 河river; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way
• 合to close; to join; to fit
• 何what; how; why
• 核pit; stone; nucleus
• 阂obstruct
• 荷lotus
• 禾(bound form) grain plant; cereal crop
• 阖door; to close; whole
• 曷why; how; when
• 劾to impeach
• 涸to dry; to dry up

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hé correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.