车厢 (chēxiāng) · railway carriage

车厢 (chēxiāng) means “railway carriage; compartment”. It is written with 2 characters: 车 (vehicle) + 厢 (side-room). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).

How 车厢 is built

The characters

车 chē · vehicle

What 车 is made of

七qī — seven
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke

Origin hint: Simplified form of 車, a cart with two wheels, seen from above (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)

厢 xiāng · side-room

What 厢 is made of

厂chǎng — cliff
相xiāng — mutual
- 木mù — tree
  - 十 — ten
  - 八bā — eight
- 目mù — eye
  - 口kǒu — mouth
  - 二 — two strokes

Example sentences

这节车厢里人很多。Zhè jié chēxiāng lǐ rén hěn duō.This carriage is very crowded.

我们的座位在三号车厢。Wǒmen de zuòwèi zài sān hào chēxiāng.Our seats are in carriage number three.

Questions about 车厢

What does 车厢 mean?

车厢 (chēxiāng) means “railway carriage; compartment”.

How do you pronounce 车厢?

车厢 is pronounced chēxiāng.

Which HSK level is 车厢?

车厢 is in Old HSK 5.

Related words

Learn 车厢 with its group

It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 11: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.

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