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后备箱

hòubèixiāng

boot; car trunk

A red car with an open trunk and a suitcase
Memory picture

Characters in this word

后 hòu

Strokes
6
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
𠂋 cliff 口 mouth

备 bèi

Strokes
8
Radical
夂 — to go
Made of
夂 to go 田 field, farm, arable land
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 备

箱 xiāng

Strokes
15
Radical
⺮ — bamboo
Made of
⺮ bamboo 相 mutual, reciprocal
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 请把易碎样品单独放在后备箱左侧,避免途中受到挤压。 Qǐng bǎ yìsuì yàngpǐn dāndú fàng zài hòubèixiāng zuǒcè, bìmiǎn túzhōng shòudào jǐyā. Please put the fragile samples separately on the left side of the boot to prevent them being squeezed on the way.
  • 他打开后备箱,把行李一件一件放进去。 Tā dǎkāi hòubèixiāng, bǎ xíngli yí jiàn yí jiàn fàng jìnqu. He opened the boot and put the luggage in piece by piece.
  • 后备箱太小,装不下这么大的箱子。 Hòubèixiāng tài xiǎo, zhuāng bú xià zhème dà de xiāngzi. The boot is too small to hold such a big box.

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