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棺材

coffin

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

guan1cai5 • guāncai

Meaning

Primary

coffin

Alternatives

casket

Mnemonic

棺材 Coffin refers to a literal 棺 coffin made out of some sort of 材 material. But the 材 material it is made of is not that important, so we say that part [5] quietly.

Usage

那 具 棺材 是 用 木头 做 的。

That coffin is made of wood.

他们 把 花 放在 棺材 上。

They placed flowers on the coffin.

这 是 一 个 古老 的 棺材。

This is an ancient coffin.