HSK 4 · Objects

盒子 hézi “box” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盒子 means

  1. box
  2. case
  3. hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines

How to say 盒子

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale盒hé2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own子zineutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

盒子 in a sentence

  1. “盒子里有什么？”“什么都没有。”

    “Hézi lǐ yǒu shénme?” “Shénme dōu méiyǒu.”

    “What’s in the box?” “Nothing.”

    Sentence #8463619 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 这个盒子没那个盒子大。

    Zhè ge hézi méi nà ge hézi dà.

    This box isn’t as big as that one.

    Sentence #393914 from Tatoeba

  3. 我能打开盒子吗？

    Wǒ néng dǎkāi hézi ma?

    May I open the box?

    Sentence #390521 from Tatoeba

How 盒子 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 盒 (hé) with each of its parts in a different colour
盒hésmall box
  • 合to combine · gěSound part
  • 皿dish · mǐnMeaning part

皿 hints at the meaning (dish); 合 (gě) hints at the sound. Compare it with hé.

The character 子 (zi) with each of its parts in a different colour
子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子 “chair”
  • 了clear · le
  • 一one · yī

Memory aidA baby with its arms out and its legs wrapped up.

How to write 盒子

盒 11 strokes · 子 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 盒子

Words with 子

儿子érzi · son椅子yǐzi · chair桌子zhuōzi · table杯子bēizi · cup妻子qīzi · wife孩子háizi · child本子běnzi · book子zi · (common noun suffix)裤子kùzi · pants帽子màozi · hat

More words: Everyday Things

观众guānzhòng · spectators过程guòchéng · course of events好处hǎochu · benefit号码hàomǎ · number家具jiājù · furniture镜子jìngzi · mirror距离jùlí · distance垃圾桶lājītǒng · rubbish bin

FAQs

盒子 (hézi) means “box” or “case”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hézi: hé with a 2nd tone, then zi with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 盒子 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hezi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盒子 from the suggestions. Typing hezi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盒子 is an HSK 4 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.