胸膛
Old HSK 6
胸膛 (xiōngtáng) · chest
胸膛 (xiōngtáng) means “chest”. It is written with 2 characters: 胸 (chest) + 膛 (chest cavity). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 胸膛 is built
The characters
胸 xiōng · chest
What 胸 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 匈xiōng — breast
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 凶xiōng — culprit
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
Origin hint: A heart ⺼ in the chest 匈; 匈 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
膛 táng · chest cavity
What 膛 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 堂táng — hall
- 尚shàng — still
- ⺌ — structural part
- 冂 — frame
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 尚shàng — still
Example sentences
他挺起胸膛走上了舞台。Tā tǐngqǐ xiōngtáng zǒu shàng le wǔtái.He puffed out his chest and walked onto the stage.
士兵们挺着胸膛站得笔直。Shìbīngmen tǐngzhe xiōngtáng zhàn de bǐzhí.The soldiers stood straight with chests out.
Questions about 胸膛
What does 胸膛 mean?
胸膛 (xiōngtáng) means “chest”.
How do you pronounce 胸膛?
胸膛 is pronounced xiōngtáng.
Which HSK level is 胸膛?
胸膛 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
Learn 胸膛 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 204: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.