腔
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(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune; accent (in one's speech); (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
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How 腔 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺼ (semantic, “flesh”) + 空 (phonetic, kōng)
How to remember it
body cavity · Heisig RSH #2363
flesh + 空 empty
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 空
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 空 (kōng) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 空 sound component | kōng | hollow, empty, deserted, bare |
| 控 | kòng | to accuse, to charge; to control; to sue |
| 倥 | kǒng | boorish, ignorant; urgent, pressing |
| 崆 | kōng | the Kongtong mountain |
| 焢 | hōng | anger, rage; slow-braised pork belly |
| 箜 | kōng | ancient Chinese harp |
Words containing 腔
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 南腔北调 | nán qiāng běi diào | a regional accent |
| 野调无腔 | yě diào wú qiāng | coarse in speech and manner |
| 四县腔 | Sì xiàn qiāng | Sixian dialect of Hakka Chinese |
| 有腔调 | yǒu qiāng diào | classy; stylish; upmarket |
| 洋腔洋调 | yáng qiāng yáng diào | to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory)… |
| 字正腔圆 | zì zhèng qiāng yuán | to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom) |
| 腔肠动物 | qiāng cháng dòng wù | Coelenterata (such as jellyfish) |
| 打官腔 | dǎ guān qiāng | to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon |
| 关节腔 | guān jié qiāng | articular cavity; joint cavity |
| 装腔作势 | zhuāng qiāng zuò shì | posturing; pretentious; affected |
| 油腔滑调 | yóu qiāng huá diào | flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued; oily |
| 腔子 | qiāng zi | thoracic cavity; intonation; accent |
| 一腔 | yī qiāng | full of (zeal, anger etc) |
| 球腔菌 | qiú qiāng jūn | Mycosphaerella (genus of sac fungus, a plant pathogen) |
| 花腔 | huā qiāng | florid ornamentation in opera; coloratura |
| 体腔 | tǐ qiāng | body cavity; coelom (biology) |
| 高腔 | gāo qiāng | gaoqiang, high-pitched opera singing style |
| 口腔 | kǒu qiāng | oral cavity |
| 口腔炎 | kǒu qiāng yán | stomatitis; ulceration of oral cavity; inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth |
| 开腔 | kāi qiāng | to speak out; to start speaking |