香肠
Old HSK 5
香肠 (xiāngcháng) · sausage
香肠 (xiāngcháng) means “sausage”. It is written with 2 characters: 香 (fragrant) + 肠 (intestines). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 香肠 is built
The characters
香 xiāng · fragrant
What 香 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
Origin hint: A herb 禾 with a sweet 甘 smell (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
肠 cháng · intestines
What 肠 is made of
- ⺼ — meat
- 昜yáng — bright
Example sentences
早饭我吃了一根香肠。Zǎofàn wǒ chī le yī gēn xiāngcháng.I had a sausage for breakfast.
这家店的香肠很有名。Zhè jiā diàn de xiāngcháng hěn yǒumíng.This shop's sausages are famous.
Questions about 香肠
What does 香肠 mean?
香肠 (xiāngcháng) means “sausage”.
How do you pronounce 香肠?
香肠 is pronounced xiāngcháng.
Which HSK level is 香肠?
香肠 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
Learn 香肠 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 104: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.