Chinese Word: 墙 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

墙 (Trad.: 墻, 牆)HSK 5

Pinyin: qiáng

English Definition: wall; Classifiers: 面 ; variant of 墙 , wall

Chinese Definition:
①用砖石等砌成承架房顶或隔开内外的建筑物：砖墙。土墙。院墙。城墙。墙垣。墙头。墙头草。铜墙铁壁。
②门屏：萧墙(喻内部，如“祸起墙墙”)。
③古代出殡时张于棺材周围的帏帐。

Total strokes: 14; Radical: 土

Pictophonetic:啬 (earth) indicates the sound; 土 conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 土 [ tǔ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
- 啬 [ sè ] miserly, stingy, thrifty

Similar Characters: 樯

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墙壁	qiáng bì	wall
围墙	wéi qiáng	perimeter wall; fence; Classifiers: 道
城墙	chéng qiáng	city wall
墙角HSK 5	qiáng jiǎo	corner (junction of two walls)
墙根HSK 5	qiáng gēn	foot of a wall

1		tā 他 yuè guò 越过 le 了 zhè 这 dào 道 qiáng 墙。 He climbed over the wall.
2		wǒ men 我们 qiāng 将 zhào piàn 照片 fàng zài 放在 qiáng shàng 墙上。 We'll hang the picture on the wall.
3		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 māo 猫 dūn 蹲 zài 在 qiáng jiǎo 墙角 lǐ 里。 The cat was crouched in the corner of the wall.
4		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 zài 在 qiáng shàng 墙上 tiē 贴 yī fú huà 一幅画。 I want to hang a picture on the wall.
5		guà 挂 zài 在 qiáng shàng 墙上 de 的 huà 画 hěn 很 piào liang 漂亮。 The painting hanging on the wall is pretty.

1		tā 他 yuè guò 越过 le 了 zhè 这 dào 道 qiáng 墙。 He climbed over the wall.
2		wǒ men 我们 qiāng 将 zhào piàn 照片 fàng zài 放在 qiáng shàng 墙上。 We'll hang the picture on the wall.
3		zhè 这 zhǐ 只 māo 猫 dūn 蹲 zài 在 qiáng jiǎo 墙角 lǐ 里。 The cat was crouched in the corner of the wall.
4		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 zài 在 qiáng shàng 墙上 tiē 贴 yī fú huà 一幅画。 I want to hang a picture on the wall.
5		guà 挂 zài 在 qiáng shàng 墙上 de 的 huà 画 hěn 很 piào liang 漂亮。 The painting hanging on the wall is pretty.