HSK 5 · Transport

车厢 chēxiāng “carriage” in Chinese

Traditional 車廂

What 车厢 means

  1. carriage

Measure word 节 jié · 一节车厢 yì jié chēxiāng

How to say 车厢

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale车chē1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale厢xiāng1st tone, high and level

车厢 in a sentence

  1. 请小心月台与车厢之间的空隙。

    Qǐng xiǎoxīn yuètái yǔ chēxiāng zhījiān de kòngxì.

    Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.

    Sentence #472884 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 火车的尾三节车厢损坏得很严重。

    Huǒchē de wěi sān jié chēxiāng sǔnhuài de hěn yánzhòng.

    The last three carriages of the train were badly damaged.

    Sentence #612034 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 车厢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 车 (chē) with each of its parts in a different colour
车chēcar
  • 七seven · qī
  • 十ten · shí

Memory aidSimplified from 車: a cart seen from above, with its axle and two wheels.

The character 厢 (xiāng) with each of its parts in a different colour
厢xiāngbox
  • 厂cliff · hǎnMeaning part
  • 相mutual · xiāngSound part

厂 hints at the meaning (cliff); 相 (xiāng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiāng.

How to write 车厢

车 4 strokes · 厢 11 strokes

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车厢 (chēxiāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 车厢 (chēxiāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 车厢

Words with 车

车chē · car火车huǒchē · train开车kāichē · to drive a car出租车chūzūchē · taxi车站chēzhàn · rail station打车dǎchē · to take a taxi (in town)火车站huǒchēzhàn · train station公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus汽车qìchē · car

More words: Everyday Things

质量zhìliàng · quality重点zhòngdiǎn · key point主意zhǔyi · plan作用zuòyòng · effect海关hǎiguān · customs (i.e. border crossing inspection)驾驶jiàshǐ · to drive救护车jiùhùchē · ambulance卡车kǎchē · truck

FAQs

车厢 (chēxiāng) means “carriage”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chēxiāng: chē with a 1st tone, then xiāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 车厢 is written 車廂. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 节 (jié). For example, one carriage is 一节车厢 (yì jié chēxiāng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chexiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 车厢 from the suggestions. Typing chexiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
车厢 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.