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棺材
棺材 (guān cai): Coffin (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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Character Breakdown
棺 • guān • coffin
guān
棺
coffin
材 • cai • material, timber, raw material
cai
材
material, timber, raw material
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How to Use 棺材 in Sentences
Adjective + Noun
with
黑
hēi
黑
guān
棺
cai
材
neutral
black coffin
Verb + Object
tái
抬
guān
棺
cai
材
neutral
carry a coffin
Noun + Noun
with
铺
guān
棺
cai
材
pù
铺
neutral
coffin shop
Measure Word + Noun
with
副
yī
一
fù
副
guān
棺
cai
材
5.
Example Sentences with 棺材
zhè
这
shì
是
yí
一
gè
个
guān
棺
cái
材
mǎi
买
guān
棺
cai
材
neutral
buy a coffin
neutral
a coffin
。
This is a coffin.
tā
他
lín
临
zhōng
终
qián
前
tè
特
yì
意
zhǔ
嘱
fù
咐
,
yào
要
wèi
为
zì
自
jǐ
己
dìng
定
zhì
制
yì
一
kǒu
口
pǔ
朴
sù
素
de
的
guān
棺
cái
材
。
Before his death, he specifically instructed that a simple coffin be custom-made for him.
nǐ
你
nán
难
dào
道
méi
没
tīng
听
shuō
说
guò
过
“
bú
不
jiàn
见
guān
棺
cái
材
bú
不
luò
落
lèi
泪
”
zhè
这
jù
句
sú
俗
yǔ
语
ma
吗
?
Haven't you ever heard the saying 'not shed a tear until one sees the coffin'?
zàng
葬
lǐ
礼
shàng
上
,
rén
人
men
们
tái
抬
zhe
着
guān
棺
cái
材
zǒu
走
xiàng
向
mù
墓
dì
地
。
At the funeral, people carried the coffin to the cemetery.
tā
他
jiān
坚
jué
决
fǎn
反
duì
对
wèi
为
zàng
葬
lǐ
礼
gòu
购
zhì
置
guò
过
yú
于
shē
奢
huá
华
de
的
guān
棺
cái
材
。
He firmly opposes purchasing an overly luxurious coffin for the funeral.
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 棺材.
Words with
棺
石棺
shí guān
stone coffin, sarcophagus
Words with
材
材料
cái liào
material
教材
jiào cái
teaching material
身材
shēn cái
stature; figure
器材
qì cái
equipment; material; apparatus
木材
mù cái
wood
材质
cái zhì
material; texture; material quality
题材
tí cái
subject matter; theme
原材料
yuán cái liào
raw and semifinished materials