幢 (chuáng): banner, pennant (in ancient China), classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr.), (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
幢 (chuáng) is a Chinese character meaning “banner.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 巾 (semantic) and 童 (phonetic). It ranks #2463 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 幢 curtain. Its radical form 巾 (cloth) appears in many related characters such as 师 (shī, teacher), 帮 (bāng, to help), 常 (cháng, always).
Definitions
- banner
- pennant (in ancient China)
- classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr.)
- (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 经幢 | jīng chuáng | Buddhist stone pillar |
| 幢幢 | chuáng chuáng | (literary) (of light, shadows) flickering |
幢 appears in 2 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 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 幢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
幢字虽然难写，但意思很有趣。
chuáng zì suī rán nán xiě , dàn yì sī hěn yǒu qù .
The character "幢" may be difficult to write, but its meaning is quite interesting.
凯和山首推2幢洋房下周二起招标发售 面积最大3114尺...
kǎi hé shān shǒu tuī 2 chuáng yáng fáng xià zhōu èr qǐ zhāo biāo fā shòu miàn jī zuì dà 3 1 1 4 chǐ . . .
Kaihe Mountain will launch its first two townhouse buildings for sale via tender starting next Tuesday, with units ranging up to 3,114 square feet...
荟淳上载楼书 单幢设195伙 主打两房户型
荟 chún shàng zài lóu shū dān chuáng shè 1 9 5 huǒ zhǔ dǎ liǎng fáng hù xíng
Huichun Releases Sales Brochure: Single-Tower Building with 195 Units, Featuring Two-Bedroom Layouts
我们面前的这幢高楼是什么？
Wǒmen miànqián de zhè zhuàng gāolóu shì shénme?
What is that big building in front of us?
那幢绿色屋顶的建筑是什么？
Nà zhuàng lǜsè wūdǐng de jiànzhù shì shénme?
What is that building with the green roof?
你进这幢楼的时候是几点？
Nǐ jìn zhè zhuàng lóu de shíhou shì jǐ diǎn?
What time was it when you entered the building?
我一个人住在这幢房子里。
Wǒ yīgèrén zhù zài zhè zhuàng fángzi lǐ.
I live in this house by myself.
我的办公室在那幢灰色的六层楼的四楼。
Wǒ de bàngōngshì zài nà zhuàng huīsè de liù céng lóu de sì lóu.
My office is on the fourth floor of that gray six-story building.
那幢房子看起来被遗弃了。
Nà zhuàng fángzi kànqǐlai bèi yíqì le.
That house appears deserted.
消防员还没有赶到，那两幢大厦就已经烧成灰烬了。
Xiāofángyuán hái méiyǒu gǎndào, nà liǎng zhuàng dàshà jiù yǐjīng shāo chéng huījìn le.
Before the firemen were able to arrive, both buildings burned down.
Character Family
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