柜 (guì): cupboard, cabinet, wardrobe
柜 (guì) is a Chinese character meaning “cupboard.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 木 (semantic) and 巨 (phonetic). It ranks #1967 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 柜 wood. Its radical form 木 (tree) appears in many related characters such as 本 (běn, (bound form) root), 机 (jī, machine, opportunity), 条 (tiáo, strip).
Definitions
- cupboard
- cabinet
- wardrobe
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 柜
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 衣柜 | yī guì | wardrobe |
| 柜台 | guì tái | variant of 櫃檯|柜台[gui4 tai2] |
| 保险柜 | bǎo xiǎn guì | a safe |
| 橱柜 | chú guì | cupboard |
| 床头柜 | chuáng tóu guì | bedside cabinet |
| 冰柜 | bīng guì | freezer |
| 货柜 | huò guì | counter for the display of goods |
| 碗柜 | wǎn guì | cupboard |
| 翻箱倒柜 | fān xiāng dǎo guì | to overturn trunks and boxes |
| 柜员 | guì yuán | teller |
| 专柜 | zhuān guì | sales counter dedicated to a certain kind of product (e.g. alcohol) |
| 书柜 | shū guì | bookcase |
| 雪柜 | xuě guì | icebox |
| 货柜车 | huò guì chē | (Tw) container truck |
| 掌柜 | zhǎng guì | shopkeeper |
柜 appears in 46 compound words: 13 as the first character, 72 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 柜 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
请把文件放进柜子里，不要乱扔在桌上。
Qǐng bǎ wénjiàn fàng jìn guìzi lǐ, bùyào luàn rēng zài zhuō shàng.
Please put the documents in the cabinet; don't leave them scattered on the desk.
AI浪潮下,又是哪家上市柜企业进驻新庄副都心?
làng cháo xià , yòu shì nǎ jiā shàng shì guì qǐ yè jìn zhù xīn zhuāng fù dōu xīn ?
Under the wave of AI, which listed company has entered the Xinzhuang sub-city?
餐厅女员工陈尸冰柜 业者悲痛发声:警方已排除与职场有关
cān tīng nǚ yuán gōng chén shī bīng guì yè zhě bēi tòng fā shēng jǐng fāng yǐ pái chú yǔ zhí chǎng yǒu guān
The female employee of the restaurant is in the freezer The operator spoke out in grief: The police have ruled out that it is related to the workplace
悚!知名餐厅女员工陈尸冰柜 生前欠债、心情低落
悚 ! zhī míng cān tīng nǚ yuán gōng chén shī bīng guì shēng qián qiàn zhài xīn qíng dī luò
Scary! Chen Shi Freezer, a female employee of a well-known restaurant, owed debts and was depressed during her lifetime
亚洲赴美海路货柜 上月172万个跌7%
yà zhōu fù měi hǎi lù huò guì shàng yuè wàn gè diē
Asia's sea containers to the United States fell 7% from 1.72 million last month
虚拟三地大鼎展柜 揭博物馆政治
xū nǐ sān dì dà dǐng zhǎn guì jiē bó wù guǎn zhèng zhì
The virtual three-place Dading display cabinet reveals the politics of the museum
汤姆把夹克挂在大厅衣柜里。
Tāngmǔ bǎ jiākè guà zài dàtīng yīguì lǐ.
Tom hung his jacket in the hall closet.
我可以在哪个柜台预约?
Wǒ kěyǐ zài nǎge guìtái yùyuē?
On which counter can I make my appointment?
请在这个柜位付款。
Qǐng zài zhège guì wèi fùkuǎn.
Please pay at this counter.
书从柜子上掉下来。
Shū cóng guìzi shàng diàoxià lái.
The book fell from the cabinet.
Character Family
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