墙

• 拼音: qiáng
• 汉字拆解: 墙 = 土 (earth radical, semantic) + right side is the phonetic component; traditional form 牆

含义

Wall; a vertical structure made of brick, stone, or other materials that encloses or divides a space.

Refers to both interior and exterior walls. Common compounds include 围墙 (enclosing wall), 城墙 (city wall), and 墙壁 (wall surface). Also used in the compound 长城 (Great Wall, though this uses 城 rather than 墙). Very common in descriptions of homes and buildings.

例句

1. 墙上挂着一幅画。
2. 这面墙是白色的。
3. 小猫跳到了墙上。

用法指南

语境: home, architecture, description

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 把这幅画挂到墙上吧。(Let's hang this painting on the wall.)
• 墙的颜色很好看。(The colour of the wall looks nice.)

错误说法

• 不要混淆墙和壁 (墙 is the common word for wall in everyday speech; 壁 is more literary — don't use 壁 alone in casual conversation; use 墙 or 墙壁)

起源与历史

Phonosemantic compound: 土 (tǔ, earth) as the semantic radical indicating construction material, + a phonetic component on the right. Walls were traditionally made of packed earth.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal