HSK 6 · Body

胸膛 xiōngtáng “chest” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 胸膛 means

  1. chest

How to say 胸膛

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale胸xiōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale膛táng2nd tone, rising

胸膛 in a sentence

  1. 他挺起胸膛走上了台。

    Tā tǐng qǐ xiōngtáng zǒu shàng le tái.

    He walked onto the stage with his chest out.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 孩子把头靠在爸爸的胸膛上。

    Háizi bǎ tóu kào zài bàba de xiōngtáng shàng.

    The child rested their head on Dad’s chest.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 胸膛 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 胸 (xiōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
胸xiōngchest
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 匈breast · Xiōng
The character 膛 (táng) with each of its parts in a different colour
膛tánghollow space
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu
  • 堂hall · táng

How to write 胸膛

胸 10 strokes · 膛 15 strokes

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

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

Words related to 胸膛

Words with 胸

胸xiōng · chest胸怀xiōnghuái · breadth of mind

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FAQs

胸膛 (xiōngtáng) means “chest”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xiōngtáng: xiōng with a 1st tone, then táng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 胸膛 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiongtang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 胸膛 from the suggestions. Typing xiongtang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
胸膛 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.