Meaning
to hide away; to conceal; to harbor; store; accumulate; storehouse
Chinese: 隐藏、收藏;读 zàng 时指宝藏、西藏。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “cang” becomes a different word in each tone. 藏 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 躲藏duǒ cángto conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover
- 收藏shōu cángto collect (works of art, dolls, antiques etc); to put away for safekeeping; (Internet) to bookmark; a collection
- 隐藏yǐn cángto hide; to conceal; to mask; to shelter
- 蕴藏yùn cángto hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc)
- 宝藏bǎo zàngprecious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law
Example Sentence
松鼠把松果藏在了树洞里。Sōng shǔ bǎ sōng guǒ cáng zài le shù dòng lǐ.The squirrel hid the pine cones in the tree hole.
松鼠Sōng shǔsquirrel把bǎ(marks the object)松果sōng guǒpine cone藏cángto conceal在zàiat了le(completed action)树洞shù dòngtree hollow里lǐinside。