墙 (qiáng): wall
墙 (qiáng) is a Chinese character meaning “wall.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (semantic) and 啬 (phonetic). It ranks #1207 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 墙 earth. Its radical form 土 (earth) appears in many related characters such as 在 (zài, to exist), 地 (dì, earth, ground), 场 (chǎng, field, place).
Definitions
- wall
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 墙
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 防火墙 | fáng huǒ qiáng | firewall |
| 城墙 | chéng qiáng | city wall |
| 围墙 | wéi qiáng | perimeter wall |
| 墙纸 | qiáng zhǐ | wallpaper |
| 墙角 | qiáng jiǎo | corner (junction of two walls) |
| 墙头草 | qiáng tóu cǎo | sb who goes whichever way the wind blows |
| 人墙 | rén qiáng | human barricade |
| 火墙 | huǒ qiáng | firewall |
| 铜墙铁壁 | tóng qiáng tiě bì | copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) |
| 骑墙 | qí qiáng | to sit on the fence (in a dispute) |
| 挖墙脚 | wā qiáng jiǎo | to undermine |
| 幕墙 | mù qiáng | curtain wall (architecture) |
| 墙根 | qiáng gēn | foot of a wall |
| 山墙 | shān qiáng | gable |
| 萧墙 | xiāo qiáng | (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture |
墙 appears in 60 compound words: 18 as the first character, 63 as the last, and 18 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 墙 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
one will take bold risks and desperate actions when forced into desperation
impregnable and indestructible wall or barrier; something very firm and indestructible
lit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)
one will take bold risks and desperate actions when forced into desperation
lit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)
Example Sentences
这面墙需要重新粉刷，已经有很多地方剥落了。
Zhè miàn qiáng xūyào chóngxīn fěnshuā, yǐjīng yǒu hěn duō dìfang bōluò le.
This wall needs to be repainted; many places have already peeled off.
年味上墙!静安这幅“邻里新画卷”,让老小区变成了...
nián wèi shàng qiáng ! jìng ān zhè fú lín lǐ xīn huà juǎn , ràng lǎo xiǎo qū biàn chéng le . . .
New Year's flavor on the wall! Jing'an, a "new picture of the neighborhood", has turned the old community into...
【城事】外滩开关式人墙再次启用,分流客流确保平台上..
chéng shì wài tān kāi guān shì rén qiáng zài cì qǐ yòng , fēn liú kè liú què bǎo píng tái shàng . .
【City Affairs】The Bund switch-type human wall is used again to divert passenger flow to ensure that the platform is ensured:
穿门而过,引光而来——高墙内的新春
chuān mén ér guò , yǐn guāng ér lái gāo qiáng nèi de xīn chūn
Through the Door, Into the Light - Chinese New Year Inside the High Walls
高墙内外 别样新春
gāo qiáng nèi wài bié yàng xīn chūn
Inside and Outside the Walls: A Different Kind of Spring Festival
谱写春日序曲!明城墙遗址公园梅花绽放
pǔ xiě chūn rì xù qū ! míng chéng qiáng yí zhǐ gōng yuán méi huā zhàn fàng
Composing the Prelude to Spring! Plum Blossoms Bloom at Ming City Wall Ruins Park
这不就是拆了东墙补西墙吗？
Zhè bù jiùshì chāi le dōng qiáng bǔ Xīqiáng ma?
Isn't this just tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall?
晚了！墙上杂志就要发布了！
Wǎn le! qiáng shàng zázhì jiùyào fābù le!
Too late! The wall magazine is ready to be published!
你从来不听，就好像我是在跟一堵墙说话。
Nǐ cóngláibù tīng, jiù hǎoxiàng wǒ shì zài gēn yī dǔ qiáng shuōhuà.
You never listen. Talking to you is like talking to a wall.
她用绘画来装饰墙。
Tā yòng huìhuà lái zhuāngshì qiáng.
She decorated the wall with pictures.
Character Family
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