Chinese symbol for “shacks”
棚户
péng hù
Traditional: 棚戶
shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers
The closest CC-CEDICT match for shacks is 棚户 (péng hù), defined as: shacks; shack-dwellers; slum-dwellers.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 棚户.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 摄影棚 (攝影棚) | shè yǐng péng | film studio; television studio |
| 大棚 | dà péng | greenhouse; polytunnel |
| 棚户区 (棚戶區) | péng hù qū | shantytown |
| 棚子 | péng zi | shack; shed |
| 爆棚 | bào péng | full to bursting |
| 顶棚 (頂棚) | dǐng péng | ceiling; awning (under ceiling) |
| 用户 (用戶) | yòng hù | user; consumer |
| 客户 (客戶) | kè hù | client; customer |
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.