腔 (qiāng): (bound form) cavity, (bound form) speech, talk, tune
腔 (qiāng) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) cavity.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺼ (semantic) and 空 (phonetic). It ranks #1892 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 腔 flesh. Its radical form 肉 (meat) appears in many related characters such as 肉 (ròu, meat), 能 (néng, can), 背 (bèi, the back of a body or object).
Definitions
- (bound form) cavity
- (bound form) speech
- talk
- tune
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 腔
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娘娘腔noun | niáng niang qiāng | sissy |
| 胸腔noun | xiōng qiāng | thoracic cavity |
| 腔调noun | qiāng diào | a tune |
| 装腔作势phrase | zhuāng qiāng zuò shì | posturing |
| 腹腔noun | fù qiāng | abdominal cavity |
| 鼻腔noun | bí qiāng | nasal cavity |
| 唱腔noun | chàng qiāng | vocal music (in opera) |
| 满腔verb | mǎn qiāng | one's heart filled with |
| 盆腔noun | pén qiāng | the pelvic cavity |
| 打官腔verb | dǎ guān qiāng | to talk officiously |
| 体腔noun | tǐ qiāng | body cavity |
| 开腔verb | kāi qiāng | to speak out |
| 搭腔verb | dā qiāng | to answer |
| 花腔noun | huā qiāng | florid ornamentation in opera |
| 帮腔verb | bāng qiāng | vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas |
腔 appears in 48 compound words: 13 as the first character, 65 as the last, and 23 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 腔 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (8)
southern intonation and northern tones; an idiolect or accent with features from more than one language variety
southern intonation and northern tones; an idiolect or accent with features from more than one language variety
Example Sentences
我在字典里查到了腔字的详细解释。
wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le qiāng zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .
I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "腔" in the dictionary.
宫腔内不均匀回声是怎么回事?不同月经周期结果...
gōng qiāng nèi bù jūn yún huí shēng shì zěn má huí shì ? bù tóng yuè jīng zhōu qī jié guǒ . . .
What is the uneven echo in the uterine cavity? Different menstrual cycle results...
宫腔内回声不均匀是什么意思?内膜脱落不全也会...
gōng qiāng nèi huí shēng bù jūn yún shì shén má yì sī ? nèi mó tuō luò bù quán yě huì . . .
What does uneven echo in the uterine cavity mean? Intimal detachment can also be...
宫腔内低回声有几种可能?包括妊娠囊、血块或小...
gōng qiāng nèi dī huí shēng yǒu jī zhǒng kě néng ? bāo kuò 妊 娠 náng , xiě kuài huò xiǎo . . .
How many possibilities are there for intrauterine hypoechoia? Including gestational sacs, blood clots, or small...
宫腔回声不均匀严重吗?年轻女性多与激素波动相...
gōng qiāng huí shēng bù jūn yún yán chóng ma ? nián qīng nǚ xìng duō yǔ jī sù bō dòng xiāng . . .
Is uneven uterine echo serious? Young women are often associated with hormone fluctuations...
65岁林瑞阳惊传胸腔动刀!张庭回应了
6 5 suì lín ruì yáng jīng chuán xiōng qiāng dòng dāo ! zhāng tíng huí yīng le
65-year-old Lin Ruiyang was shocked to hear that he had a chest knife! Zhang Ting responded
汤姆说话的法国腔很重。
Tāngmǔ shuōhuà de Fǎguó qiāng hěn zhòng.
Tom has a very strong French accent.
派对主席说话时有葡萄牙腔
Pàiduì zhǔxí shuōhuà shí yǒu Pútáoyá qiāng
The party host had a Portuguese accent.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the ⺼ (flesh) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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