腔 - qiāng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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腔

qiāng

Definition

cavity of body
barrel (e.g. engine cylinder)
compartment
tune
accent of speech

Character Decomposition

Related words (37)

cavity wall

thoracic cavity; intonation; accent

accent

lacuna; gap

coelacanth

full of (zeal, anger etc)

體腔

tǐ qiāng

body cavity; coelom (biology)

oral cavity

sobbing tone; sob; dirge; opera tune portraying mourning

唱腔

chàng qiāng

vocal music (in opera); aria

幫腔

bāng qiāng

vocal accompaniment in some traditional Chinese operas; to speak in support of; to chime in

開腔

kāi qiāng

to speak out; to start speaking

搭腔

dā qiāng

to answer; to respond; to converse

滿腔

mǎn qiāng

one's heart filled with; full of (joy)

盆腔

pén qiāng

the pelvic cavity; birth canal

cavity

to answer; to respond; to converse

thoracic cavity

abdominal cavity

florid ornamentation in opera; coloratura

verbose; garrulous

gaoqiang, high-pitched opera singing style

nasal cavity

articular cavity; joint cavity

口腔炎

kǒu qiāng yán

stomatitis; ulceration of oral cavity; inflammation of the mucous lining of the mouth

sissy; effeminate

small air cavity

to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon

梆子腔

bāng zǐ qiāng

a general term for local operas in Shangxi, Henan, Hebei, Shandong etc; the music of such operas

洩殖腔

xiè zhí qiāng

cloaca; cloacal cavity (of bird, reptile etc)

骨髓腔

gǔ suǐ qiāng

marrow cavity (in long bones)

a regional accent

(of singing or speaking) very articulate pronunciation and vocalizing

油腔滑調

yóu qiāng huá diào

flippant and insincere (piece of writing or speech); glib-tongued; oily

full of enthusiasm

posturing; pretentious; affected

野調無腔

yě diào wú qiāng

coarse in speech and manner

Idioms (1)

洋腔洋調

yáng qiāng yáng diào

to speak with a foreign accent or using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)

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