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舱

cāng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 艙

What 舱 means

1. cabin
2. the hold of a ship or airplane

Example sentences

• 我要订官舱。
  Wǒ yào dìng guāncāng.
  I want to reserve a first-class stateroom.
• 未来飞行员会在虚拟驾驶舱里训练。
  Wèilái fēixíngyuán huì zài xūnǐ jiàshǐcāng lǐ xùnliàn.
  The future pilot is trained in a mock cockpit.

Words starting with 舱

• 舱位cāng wèishipping space; cabin berth; cabin seat
• 舱房cāng fángcabin (of an airplane or ship)
• 舱外活动cāng wài huó dòngextravehicular activity (outside space vehicle); EVA

Words containing 舱

• 船舱chuán cānghold of ship
• 机舱jī cāngcabin of a plane
• 头等舱tóu děng cāng1st class cabin
• 驾驶舱jià shǐ cāngcockpit; control cabin
• 客舱kè cāngpassenger cabin
• 前舱qián cāngfore hold (on ship); bow cabin
• 升舱shēng cāngto get a flight upgrade
• 官舱guān cāng(old) cabin class; second class (on a passenger ship)
• 定舱dìng cāng(of freight or cargo) to book
• 座舱zuò cāngcockpit; cabin
• 房舱fáng cāng(ship's) cabin
• 方舱fāng cāngportable building; demountable building; transportable building; (UK) portacabin
• 爆舱bào cāngto run out of cargo space (on a ship or plane)
• 统舱tǒng cāngcommon passenger accommodation in the hold of a ship; steerage
• 卧舱wò cāngsleeping cabin on a boat or train
• 货舱huò cāngcargo hold; cargo bay (of a plane)
• 鱼舱yú cāngthe fish hold (of a fishing vessel)
• 公务舱gōng wù cāngbusiness class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
• 商务舱shāng wù cāngbusiness class (travel class on airplanes, trains etc)
• 压舱石yā cāng shíballast stone; (fig.) source of stability
• 太空舱tài kōng cāngspace capsule; ejection capsule (cabin)
• 密封舱mì fēng cāngsealed compartment
• 密闭舱mì bì cāngsealed cabin
• 推进舱tuī jìn cāngpropulsion module; (astronautics) service module

Characters built on 仓

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

• 苍cāngdark blue; deep green; ash-gray
• 沧cāng(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 伧cānglow fellow; rustic; rude

Characters that look like 舱

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

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 舶bóship
• 舷xiánside of a ship or an aircraft
• 拴shuānto tie up
• 敝bìmy (polite); poor; ruined
• 捺nàto press down firmly; to suppress; right-falling stroke in Chinese characters…

Sounds the same

Read cāng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 仓barn; granary; storehouse
• 沧(bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green; (literary) cold
• 苍dark blue; deep green; ash-gray
• 伧low fellow; rustic; rude
• 凔cold
• 鸧used in 鸧鹒