HSK 6 · Objects

容器 róngqì “container” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 容器 means

  1. container
  2. vessel
  3. receptacle
  4. (computing) container

How to say 容器

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale容róng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale器qì4th tone, falling

容器 in a sentence

  1. 这些容器是密封的。

    Zhèxiē róngqì shì mìfēng de.

    These containers are airtight.

    Sentence #832954 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 容器 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 容 (róng) with each of its parts in a different colour
容róngto hold
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 谷valley · gǔ

Memory aidA roof 宀 over a valley 谷, with room to hold things: to contain.

The character 器 (qì) with each of its parts in a different colour
器qìdevice
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 犬dog · quǎn
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 口mouth · kǒu

How to write 容器

容 10 strokes · 器 16 strokes

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

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

Words related to 容器

Words with 容

容易róngyì · easy内容nèiróng · content形容xíngróng · to describe容貌róngmào · looks阵容zhènróng · line-up (of a team or cast)容纳róngnà · to hold从容cóngróng · calm宽容kuānróng · tolerant容忍róngrěn · to tolerate刻不容缓kèbùrónghuǎn · extremely urgent

Words with 器

机器jīqì · machine乐器yuèqì · musical instrument充电器chōngdiànqì · battery charger器官qìguān · organ (of the body)仪器yíqì · instrument器材qìcái · equipment武器wǔqì · weapon

More words: Objects & Materials

器材qìcái · equipment请柬qǐngjiǎn · invitation card请帖qǐngtiě · invitation card旗帜qízhì · flag哨shào · whistle生锈shēngxiù · to rust收音机shōuyīnjī · radio水龙头shuǐlóngtóu · tap

FAQs

容器 (róngqì) means “container” or “vessel”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it róngqì: róng with a 2nd tone, then qì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 容器 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type rongqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 容器 from the suggestions. Typing rongqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
容器 is an HSK 6 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.