| 匣子 | xiá zi | small box | |
| 黑匣子 | hēi xiá zi | (airplane) black box | |
| 弹匣 | dàn xiá | magazine (for ammunition) | |
| 话匣子 | huà xiá zi | phonograph or radio (old term); chatterbox; talkative person | |
| 收件匣 | shōu jiàn xiá | inbox (email) |
| 1 | With a paper towel from the dispenser, I wiped them away. | |
| 2 | Only promise to bring me an old tinder-box, which my grandmother left behind the last time she went down there. | |
| 3 | The little black boxes in airplanes provide useful information after a crash has taken place. | |
| 4 | Identity thieves often steal tax returns from an outbox or mailbox. | |
| 5 | Most applications can read this format straight out of the box. |