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noun | jīng chuáng | Buddhist stone pillar |
| 幢幢adjective | 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.
中新网 记者 戴小幢 摄 最先被观众认出来的是欧阳奋强。
zhōng xīn wǎng jì zhě dài xiǎo chuáng shè zuì xiān bèi guàn zhòng rèn chū lái de shì ōu yáng fèn qiáng .
Photo by Dai Xiaodang, China News Service. Ouyang Fenqiang was the first to be recognized by the audience.
现在的龙珠阁是于1990年重建的一幢仿明重檐宫廷建筑，现为景德镇官窑博物馆。
xiàn zài de lóng zhū gé shì yú 1 9 9 0 nián chóng jiàn de yī chuáng fǎng míng chóng yán gōng tíng jiàn zhù , xiàn wéi jǐng dé zhèn guān yáo bó wù guǎn .
The current Dragon Pearl Pavilion is a Ming-style imperial building with double eaves that was reconstructed in 1990; it now serves as the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum.
在东西两侧桥头各有两幢桥屋，共四幢，二层。
zài dōng xī liǎng cè qiáo tóu gè yǒu liǎng chuáng qiáo wū , gòng sì chuáng , èr céng .
There are two bridge houses at each end of the bridge—one on the east side and one on the west—for a total of four two-story structures.
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.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 巾 (curtain) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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