Chinese symbol for “container”
集装箱
jí zhuāng xiāng
Traditional: 集裝箱
container (for shipping)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for container is 集装箱 (jí zhuāng xiāng), defined as: container (for shipping).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “container”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 笼子 (籠子) | lóng zi | cage; basket; container |
| 包 | bāo | to cover; to wrap |
| 盦 | ān | container |
| 容器 | róng qì | receptacle; vessel |
| 货柜 (貨櫃) | huò guì | counter for the display of goods; (Tw) container (for freight transport) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 集装箱.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 集团 (集團) | jí tuán | group; bloc |
| 集中 | jí zhōng | to concentrate; to centralize |
| 收集 | shōu jí | to gather; to collect |
| 集体 (集體) | jí tǐ | collective (decision); joint (effort) |
| 集会 (集會) | jí huì | to gather; assembly |
| 聚集 | jù jí | to assemble; to gather |
| 武装 (武裝) | wǔ zhuāng | arms; equipment |
| 装备 (裝備) | zhuāng bèi | equipment; to equip |
| 冰箱 | bīng xiāng | refrigerator; (old) icebox |
See also: Japanese symbol for “container”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.