窗 (chuāng): window
窗 (chuāng) is a Chinese character meaning “window.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 穴 (semantic) and 囱 (phonetic). It ranks #1073 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 窗 hole. Its radical form 穴 (cave) appears in many related characters such as 穿 (chuān, to wear, 穿透), 空 (kōng, empty, sky), 突 (tū, sudden).
Definitions
- window
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 窗
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 窗帘noun | chuāng lián | window curtains |
| 窗子noun | chuāng zi | window |
| 车窗noun | chē chuāng | car window |
| 橱窗noun | chú chuāng | display window |
| 天窗noun | tiān chuāng | hatchway |
| 百叶窗noun | bǎi yè chuāng | shutter |
| 铁窗noun | tiě chuāng | window with an iron grating (apartment etc) |
| 开天窗verb | kāi tiān chuāng | to leave a blank to mark censored area |
| 窗玻璃 | chuāng bō lí | window pane |
| 窗框noun | chuāng kuàng | window frame |
| 东窗事发verb | dōng chuāng shì fā | (of a plot etc) to be exposed (idiom) |
| 视窗noun | shì chuāng | a window (on a computer screen) |
| 寒窗noun | hán chuāng | a life of strenuous studies (idiom) |
| 舷窗noun | xián chuāng | porthole |
| 落地窗noun | luò dì chuāng | floor-to-ceiling window |
窗 appears in 62 compound words: 31 as the first character, 55 as the last, and 15 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 窗 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
办公室的窗户朝南，采光很好。
Bàngōngshì de chuānghu cháo nán, cǎiguāng hěn hǎo.
The office windows face south and have very good natural lighting.
...北泰山工厂大火 环保局提醒周边居民紧闭门窗外出戴口罩
. . . běi tài shān gōng hǎn dà huǒ huán bǎo jú tí xǐng zhōu biān jū mín jǐn bì mén chuāng wài chū dài kǒu zhào
... The Environmental Protection Bureau reminded surrounding residents to close their doors and windows and wear masks when going out
...抢长和港口 中国须严厉回击遏制更严重“破窗效应”
. . . qiǎng cháng hé gǎng kǒu zhōng guó xū yán lì huí jī è zhì gēng yán chóng pò chuāng xiào yīng
... China must fight back severely to curb the more serious "broken window effect"
基隆全面打造儿少友善城市 一站式服务窗口守护儿少
jī lóng quán miàn dǎ zào ér shǎo yǒu shàn chéng shì yī zhàn shì fú wù chuāng kǒu shǒu hù ér shǎo
Keelung comprehensively builds a child-friendly city with a one-stop service window to protect children
日本大阪Brand Off遭窃! 歹徒破窗狂扫数十件贵金属奢侈品
rì běn dà 阪 B r a n d O f f zāo qiè ! dǎi tú pò chuāng kuáng sǎo shǔ shí jiàn guì jīn shǔ shē chǐ pǐn
Brand Off in Osaka, Japan was stolen! Gangsters broke windows and swept dozens of precious metal luxury goods
春晚这扇“窗”,照见中国机器人产业“跑”出倍速
chūn wǎn zhè shān chuāng , zhào jiàn zhōng guó jī qì rén chǎn yè pǎo chū bèi sù
Spring Festival Gala this "window", see China's robotics industry "run" out of times speed
汤姆把窗玻璃打烂了。
Tāngmǔ bǎ chuāngbōlí dǎ làn le.
Tom broke the window pane.
汤姆故意弄碎了那扇窗户。
Tāngmǔ gùyì nòngsuì le nà shān chuānghu.
Tom broke the window on purpose.
她们把窗框涂成了黄色。
Tāmen bǎ chuāngkuàng tú chéngle huángsè.
They painted the window frames yellow.
请您把那扇窗户关起来好吗？
Qǐng nín bǎ nà shān chuānghu guān qǐlai hǎo ma?
Can you please close that window?
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 穴 (hole) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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