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藏

cáng

HSK 5 Character

What 藏 means

1. to conceal
2. to hide away
3. to harbor
4. to store
5. to collect

Other readings

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

• zàngstorehouse; depository; Buddhist or Taoist scripture
• ZàngTibetan ethnic group; Tibet Autonomous Region (short name for {西藏自治区|Xī zàng Zì zhì qū})

Example sentences

• 他在藏甚么？
  What's he hiding?
• 我们在藏着。
  We're hiding.
• 你不用藏着。
  You don't have to hide.
• 来玩捉迷藏吧！
  Lái wán zhuōmícáng ba!
  Let's play hide-and-seek!
• 他藏到了门后。
  He hid himself behind the door.
• 汤姆在藏甚么。
  Tom was hiding something.

Words starting with 藏

• 藏族Zàng zúTibetan ethnic group
• 藏书cáng shūto collect books; library collection
• 藏品cáng pǐnmuseum piece; collector's item; precious object
• 藏身cáng shēnto hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
• 藏语Zàng yǔTibetan language
• 藏匿cáng nìto cover up; to conceal; to go into hiding
• 藏羚Zàng língTibetan antelope; Pantholops hodgsonii; chiru
• 藏文Zàng wénTibetan script; Tibetan written language; Tibetan language
• 藏人Zàng rénTibetan (person)
• 藏家cáng jiācollector
• 藏独Zàng DúTibetan Independence (movement); abbr. for 西藏独立运动
• 藏私cáng sī(Taiwan) to withhold (knowledge, resources etc) out of reluctance to share
• 藏象zàng xiànghidden inner properties and their external manifestations (TCM)
• 藏宝箱cáng bǎo xiāngtreasure chest
• 藏宝图cáng bǎo tútreasure map
• 藏族人Zàng zú rénTibetan (person)
• 藏书票cáng shū piàobookplate
• 藏红花zàng hóng huāsaffron (Crocus sativus)
• 藏身处cáng shēn chùhiding place; hideout; shelter
• 藏青果zàng qīng guǒchebulic myrobalan (Terminalia chebula)
• 藏青色zàng qīng sènavy blue
• 藏传佛教Zàng chuán Fó jiàoTibetan Buddhism
• 藏器待时cáng qì dài shíto conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
• 藏身之处cáng shēn zhī chùhiding place; hideout

Words containing 藏

• 躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
• 收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping…
• 蕴藏yùn cángto hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
• 隐藏yǐn cángto hide; to conceal; to mask
• 珍藏zhēn cánga collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items)
• 青藏Qīng ZàngQinghai and Tibet
• 宝藏bǎo zàngprecious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure
• 埋藏mái cángto bury; to hide by burying; hidden
• 暗藏àn cángto hide; to conceal
• 馆藏guǎn cángto collect in a museum or library; museum collection; library holdings
• 收藏家shōu cáng jiāa collector (e.g. of artworks)
• 捉迷藏zhuō mí cángto play hide-and-seek
• 三藏Sān zàngTripitaka, the three main types of text that collectively constitute the Buddhist canon…
• 潜藏qián cánghidden beneath the surface; buried and concealed
• 储藏chǔ cángto store; deposit; (oil, mineral etc) deposits
• 贮藏zhù cángto store up; to hoard; deposits
• 掩藏yǎn cánghidden; covered; concealed
• 储藏室chǔ cáng shìstoreroom
• 冷藏lěng cángrefrigeration; cold storage; to keep (food, medicine) in cold environment
• 雅鲁藏布江Yǎ lǔ Zàng bù JiāngYarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
• 保藏bǎo cángto keep in store; to preserve
• 典藏diǎn cángrepository of items of cultural significance; collection
• 包藏bāo cángto contain; to harbor; to conceal
• 地藏Dì zàngKṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi)…

Characters that look like 藏

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

• 藤téngrattan; cane; vine
• 瘸quélame
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 癞làiscabies; skin disease
• 擢zhuóto pull out; to select; to promote

Sounds the same

Read cáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

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