板条箱

板條箱

bǎntiáoxiāng

noun

Measure Word

一个板条箱 gè

Meanings

1 crate
2 wooden slat crate

Characters

Examples

工人把货物装进板条箱。

Gōngrén bǎ huòwù zhuāng jìn bǎntiáoxiāng.

The workers loaded the goods into a crate.

仓库里堆满了板条箱。

Cāngkù lǐ duī mǎnle bǎntiáoxiāng.

The warehouse is piled high with crates.

Tips

memory

Parses cleanly: 板条 (bǎntiáo 'wooden slats / battens') + 箱 (xiāng 'box') = a box made of slats — exactly what a crate is. Compare 木箱 (mùxiāng 'wooden box / chest'), which is enclosed without slat gaps.

Stroke Order

板 bǎn

条 tiáo

箱 xiāng