棺
材

Coffin in Chinese: 棺材 (guān cai)

guān cai

coffin

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1coffin

Stroke order

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棺
材

Zhuyin

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ㄍㄨㄢ

guān

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄢ/ an—/ first tone

˙ㄘㄞ

cai

˙/ neutral toneㄘ/ cㄞ/ ai

Example sentences

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  • 他们把棺材抬进了墓地。

    tā men bǎ guān cai tái jìn le mù dì。

    They carried the coffin into the graveyard.

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Related words

材料

cái liào

(raw) material

教材

jiào cái

teaching material

身材

shēn cái

stature

题材

tí cái

subject matter

木材

mù cái

wood

器材

qì cái

equipment

素材

sù cái

source material (in literature and art)

药材

yào cái

medicinal ingredient

原材料

yuán cái liào

raw and semifinished materials

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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