筐

筐 kuāng

Basket

筐 in a sentence HSK 6 kuang

What 筐 means

  1. Basket

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筐 in a sentence

他提着一筐苹果进来了。
Tā tízhe yì kuāng píngguǒ jìnlái le.
He came in carrying a basket of apples.
地上放着几个空筐。
Dì shang fàngzhe jǐ ge kōng kuāng.
Several empty baskets stood on the ground.

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Questions about 筐

What does 筐 mean in English?

筐 is pronounced kuāng and means Basket.

How do you pronounce 筐?

筐 is kuāng in pinyin — written kuang without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

Is 筐 an HSK word?

Yes — 筐 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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