贮 zhù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
贮藏
zhùcáng
to store; to preserve in storage
Characters in this word
藏 cáng
- Strokes
- 17
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 臧 good, right
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 博物馆将易受潮的文献分批贮藏在恒温恒湿的库房里。 Bówùguǎn jiāng yì shòucháo de wénxiàn fēnpī zhùcáng zài héngwēn héngshī de kùfáng lǐ. The museum stores moisture-sensitive documents in batches in a storeroom with constant temperature and humidity.
- 松鼠会在秋天贮藏坚果，冬天再慢慢吃。 Sōngshǔ huì zài qiūtiān zhùcáng jiānguǒ, dōngtiān zài mànmàn chī. Squirrels store nuts in autumn and eat them slowly through the winter.
- 农民把收获的粮食贮藏在干燥的地窖里。 Nóngmín bǎ shōuhuò de liángshi zhùcáng zài gānzào de dìjiào lǐ. The farmers store the harvested grain in a dry cellar.
Related words
- 收藏 shōucáng to collect
- 隐藏 yǐncáng to hide, to conceal
- 宝藏 bǎozàng treasure; valuable resource
- 藏匿 cángnì to hide; to conceal
- 藏品 cángpǐn collection item; collectible
- 藏身 cángshēn to hide oneself; to take shelter
- 矿藏 kuàngcáng mineral deposits; mineral reserves
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 蕴藏 yùncáng to contain; to hold in store
- 珍藏 zhēncáng to treasure; to keep carefully; treasured collection
- 捉迷藏 zhuōmícáng hide-and-seek; to hide and evade
- 闲置 xiánzhì to leave unused; to stand idle