Meaning
cavity of body; tune
Chinese: 身体内部空处，也指说话的腔调。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “qiang” becomes a different word in each tone. 腔 is the 1st 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
- 口腔kǒu qiāngoral cavity
- 一腔yī qiāngfull of (zeal, anger etc)
- 腔子qiāng zithoracic cavity; intonation; accent
- 开腔kāi qiāngto speak out; to start speaking
- 高腔gāo qiānggaoqiang, high-pitched opera singing style
Example Sentence
他唱戏的腔调十分地道。Tā chàng xì de qiāng diào shí fēn dì dao.His operatic singing style is very authentic.
他Tāhe唱戏chàng xìto perform in opera的deof腔调qiāng diàoa tune十分shí fēnvery地道dì daotunnel。