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墙 qiáng wall

How to remember 墙: 土 earth + 啬 miserly = wall. Too miserly to pay a builder, the neighbour packs earth between planks himself and raises his own garden wall.

  • HSK 5
  • 14 strokes
  • Radical 土

Component breakdown

墙 = 土 earth + 啬 miserly

  • 土 earth
  • 啬 miserly
The Gushi story

Too miserly to pay a builder, the neighbour packs earth between planks himself and raises his own garden wall.

How it is used

  • Concrete noun for a physical wall: 墙上 (qiáng shàng) - on the wall.
  • 墙壁 (qiángbì) is the more formal/descriptive term for a wall as a surface, used in writing about architecture or interiors.
  • 防火墙 (fánghuǒqiáng) - firewall - is used both literally and in computing.
  • 围墙 (wéiqiáng) is a perimeter/enclosure wall around a property, and 城墙 (chéngqiáng) refers to historic city walls.

Words with 墙

Example sentences

  • 墙上挂着一幅画像。 Qiáng shàng guàzhe yì fú huàxiàng.There's a portrait hanging on the wall.