箱 (xiāng) means Box (postbox - mailbox). Below are 24 of the 37 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
冰 箱 里没有饮料了。
Bīngxiāng lǐ méiyǒu yǐnliào le.
There are no drinks left in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 冰箱
牛奶要放在冰 箱 里。
Niúnǎi yào fàng zài bīngxiāng lǐ.
Milk should be kept in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 放
我的行李 箱 太重了。
Wǒ de xínglǐxiāng tài zhòng le.
My suitcase is too heavy.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 行李箱
护照就在行李 箱 里。
Hùzhào jiù zài xínglǐxiāng lǐ.
The passport is right there in the suitcase.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 行李箱
冰 箱 里有很多饮料。
Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō yǐnliào.
There are plenty of drinks in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 饮料
箱 子底下有一封信。
Xiāngzi dǐxia yǒu yì fēng xìn.
There is a letter at the bottom of the box.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 底
冰 箱 里还有矿泉水。
Bīngxiāng lǐ hái yǒu kuàngquánshuǐ.
There is still mineral water in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 矿泉水
冰 箱 里有很多食物。
Bīngxiāng lǐ yǒu hěn duō shíwù.
There is a lot of food in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 食物
箱 子被压得扁扁的。
Xiāngzi bèi yā de biǎnbiǎn de.
The box had been squashed completely flat.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 扁
请把 箱 子搁在桌上。
Qǐng bǎ xiāngzi gē zài zhuō shang.
Please put the box on the table.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 搁
冰 箱 里还有两瓶啤酒。
Bīngxiāng lǐ hái yǒu liǎng píng píjiǔ.
There are still two bottles of beer in the fridge.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 啤酒
请用绳子把 箱 子捆好。
Qǐng yòng shéngzi bǎ xiāngzi kǔn hǎo.
Please tie the box up with rope.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 绳子
码头上堆满了集装 箱 。
Mǎtou shang duī mǎn le jízhuāngxiāng.
The dock is piled high with containers.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 码头
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From the graded readers
一共装了二十六个 箱 子。
yīgòng zhuāngle èrshíliù gè xiāngzi.
Twenty-six boxes in all.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
我把 箱 子打开一看，愣住了。
wǒ bǎ xiāngzi dǎkāi yī kàn / kān, lèng zhùle.
I opened the box and stopped short.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
有一个旧 箱 子，我一直没打开。
yǒu yīgè jiù xiāngzi, wǒ yìzhí méi dǎkāi.
There was one old box I kept not opening.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
她的行李只有一个 箱 子和一个包。
tā de / dì xíngli zhǐyǒu yīgè xiāngzi hé yīgè bāo.
Her luggage was one suitcase and one bag.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
我把衣服放进 箱 子里，把书放在另外一个 箱 子里。
wǒ bǎ yīfu fàngjìn xiāngzi lǐ, bǎ shū fàng zài lìngwài yīgè xiāngzi lǐ.
I put the clothes in boxes and the books in another box.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House
From the travel phrasebook
请发装 箱 单。
Qǐng fā zhuāngxiāngdān.
Please send the packing list.
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
请开一下后备 箱 。
Qǐng kāi yíxià hòubèixiāng.
Please open the boot.
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
请把报价发到我的邮 箱 。
Qǐng bǎ bàojià fā dào wǒ de yóuxiāng.
Please email me the quotation.
Travel phrasebook · Trade fairs and factory visits
箱 appears in 37 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 箱
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 箱
How is 箱 used in a sentence?
This page shows 37 sentences using 箱 (xiāng, "Box (postbox - mailbox)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 箱 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 箱 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 箱?
The dictionary page for 箱 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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