腔 qiāng chest cavity
chest cavity; talk; accent
How to remember 腔: 月 meat + 空 empty = chest cavity. The butcher lifts the rib meat off the pig and shows the kids the big empty space inside, the chest cavity.
Component breakdown
腔 = 月 meat + 空 empty
- 月 meat
- 空 empty
- 穴 hole
- 工 work
The butcher lifts the rib meat off the pig and shows the kids the big empty space inside, the chest cavity.
How it is used
- A body cavity, and tone/accent - 口腔 (kǒuqiāng) the oral cavity, 鼻腔 nasal cavity, 胸腔 chest cavity.
- Accent/manner of speaking: 腔调 (qiāngdiào) tone/intonation, 装腔作势 (zhuāngqiāng-zuòshì) to put on airs / strike a pose.
- 官腔 (guānqiāng) = bureaucratic officialese: 打官腔 to talk in stiff bureaucratic clichés.
- 满腔热血 (mǎnqiāng rèxuè) = full of fervor/passion.