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suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL: 隻|只, 個|个
HSK 4
definite / certain / fixed / to fix (on sth) / to determine / to be sure / to ensure / to make certain / to ascertain / to clinch / to recognize / to confirm / OK (on computer dialog box)
HSK 3
mailbox / post office box / email / email inbox
HSK 3
box; case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines
HSK 5
mailbox / post office box
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箱* | 箱* | *箱
box / trunk / chest
HSK 4
meal in a partitioned box
HSK 5
(airplane) black box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盒* | 盒* | *盒
small box / case
HSK 5
large box; trunk; chest
convenient / handy / easy / bento (a meal in a partitioned box) / lunchbox
box office
HSK 7-9
utility knife / box cutter
to interpret (a visual document, a medical exam, an historical event etc) / to analyze data (from a chip, a black box etc)
safe deposit box; safe
to select (one or more options from a list) / to check (a box)
set-top box
a Pandora's box
sentry box; police box
to fill in a form / to write data in a box (on a questionnaire or web form)
HSK 7-9
to slap on the face / to box sb's ears
(sports) to jockey for position; (basketball) to box out; (commerce) to establish oneself in a competitive market (also pr. [qia3wei4]) / booth seating
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *栏* | 栏* | *栏
fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
HSK 7-9
bamboo box
dialog box (computing)
paperboard box; cardboard box; carton
musical box
to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside / to show poor judgment (idiom)
loudspeaker box / speaker (audio equipment) / resonating chamber of a musical instrument / sound box
safe deposit box; safe
post office box
checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
small box
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
blind box; mystery box
(computing) a control (e.g. button, text box etc)
box for bone ashes / funerary casket
to open ballot boxes / to count votes / to make out a voucher or invoice etc / to write out a receipt
suggestion box
carton / cardboard box
to close (box, book, mouth etc)
makeup box (old)
box / chest
(computing) text box
fuse box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *厢* | 厢* | *厢
box (in theater) / side room / side
(cosmetics) powder box / compact
juice box / drink in a carton / Tetra Pak drink
circuit box
(coll.) (of an actor with a bit part) to receive a boxed meal when one's job is done (phrase used e.g. by movie viewers when a character dies)
box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke)
ballot box (Tw)
toe box (of a shoe) / shoe last (shoemaker's tool)
black box / flight recorder / opaque system (computing)
coal box
paper tissue (in a box)
metal trunk / metal box / a safe
box (featured material enclosed in a rectangle, separate from the main text)
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
seal case / box for seal and ink pad
box girder (construction)
black box / fig. system whose internal structure is unknown
Stevenson screen (white box with ventilated sides, housing meteorological instruments) / thermometer screen / instrument shelter
bamboo box / vessels for holding food
open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads / dump box (of a dump truck) / bucket (of a front loader) / wheelbarrow
mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter
to fill boxes and baskets to the brim (with treasures)
archive box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匦* | 匦* | *匦
small box
junction box (elec.)
ballot box
rectangular box or chest
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箧* | 箧* | *箧
chest / box / trunk / suitcase / portfolio
flight recorder / black box
ballot box
yueqin, a lute with oval or octagonal sound box
piggy bank / coin bank / money box
four-square box in which one practices writing a Chinese character
caisson / sink box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *笼* | 笼* | *笼
to envelop; to cover / (used in 籠子|笼子) large box / Taiwan pr. [long2]
to set a box office record
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *盝* | 盝* | *盝
box case
flight recorder / black box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匣* | 匣* | *匣
box
bag-in-box (packaging)
box with tiered compartments and a handle / lunch box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *柷* | 柷* | *柷
percussion instrument, a tapering wooden box struck on the inside with a wooden stick
to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *簏* | 簏* | *簏
box / basket
power cabinet / switch box
(Tw) bento; lunch box
delivery box / drop box
check box
electric fusebox / switch box
witness stand or box
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *匚* | 匚* | *匚
"right open box" radical (Kangxi radical 22), occurring in , , etc
bamboo box for holding books, clothes etc
black box (aviation), (systems theory)
Chinese pillow box (used to keep valuables)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喼* | 喼* | *喼
box (dialect) / used to transliterate words with sounds kip-, cap- etc

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