Hanzi
Traditional
Simplified

box/trunk/chest

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 3

Pinyin

xiāng

Bopomofo

ㄒㄧㄤ

Jyutping

soeng1

Example sentences

冰箱 bīngxiāng
把牛奶放進冰箱裡。
把牛奶放进冰箱里。

Put the milk in the refrigerator.

把肉放進冰箱裡凍起來。
把肉放进冰箱里冻起来。

Put the meat in the refrigerator to freeze it.

xiāng
他把書放進箱裡。
他把书放进箱里。

He put the books into the box.

zhòng
這箱書很重。
这箱书很重。

This box of books is very heavy.

箱子 xiāngzi
這個箱子太重了。
这个箱子太重了。

This box is too heavy.

這個箱子很輕。
这个箱子很轻。

This box is very light.

信箱 xìnxiāng
請把信放進信箱裡。
请把信放进信箱里。

Please put the letter in the mailbox.

我每天都會檢查我的郵箱。
我每天都会检查我的邮箱。

I check my mailbox every day.

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