营帐

營帳
yíngzhàng
noun #34,536

Measure Word

营帐 dǐng

Meanings

  1. 1 tent
  2. 2 field tent (esp. military)
  3. 3 encampment

Examples

Shìbīngmen zài shān jiǎo xià dā qǐ le yíngzhàng.
The soldiers pitched their tents at the foot of the mountain.
Yè li, yíngzhàng nèi dēnghuǒ-tōngmíng.
At night, the tents were brilliantly lit inside.

Tips

register
Slightly archaic / military feel. For the modern camping tent (the dome you take to the mountains) the everyday word is 帐篷 (zhàngpeng). 营帐 turns up in historical novels, war films, and military reporting.
memory
(camp / barracks) + (curtain / canvas) — the canvas of a camp.

Stroke Order

yíng
zhàng