Meaning of 仓库
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- depot
- storehouse
- warehouse
How to use 仓库
仓库 is the everyday word for a warehouse or storeroom, used for factories, shops, logistics and even a storage room at home. It often follows verbs like 放进 (put into) or appears with 管理 (management). Example: 货都在仓库里。(Huò dōu zài cāngkù lǐ.) The goods are all in the warehouse.
Both halves mean a place to store things: 仓 (cāng) is a granary or storehouse, as in 谷仓 (gǔcāng) barn, and 库 (kù) is a storage building, as in 车库 (chēkù) garage. Put two storage words together and you get a big warehouse.
Common mistake: Learners often write 库 (kù) as 裤 (kù, trousers) or 酷 (kù, cool) because they sound the same. The storage 库 has 车 (vehicle) under the roof radical 广, and 仓 is cāng with a first tone, not cǎng.
仓库 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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仓 cāng · granary · 4 strokes
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库 kù · warehouse · 7 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 仓库.
| 水库 | shuǐkù | reservoir |
| 数据库 | shùjùkù | (computing) database |
| 宝库 | bǎokù | treasure-house; treasury |
| 车库 | chēkù | garage |
| 谷仓 | gǔcāng | barn |
| 金库 | jīnkù | treasury |
| 仓鼠 | cāngshǔ | hamster |
| 库存 | kùcún | property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory |
| 仓促 | cāngcù | all of a sudden; hurriedly |
| 资料库 | zīliàokù | (Tw) (computing) database |
| 机库 | jīkù | (aircraft) hangar |
| 库房 | kùfáng | storeroom; warehouse |
Questions about 仓库
What does 仓库 mean?
仓库 (cāngkù) means "depot; storehouse" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 仓库?
仓库 is made of 2 characters: 仓 (4 strokes), 库 (7 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.
Is 仓库 an HSK word?
Yes. 仓库 is on the HSK 6 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 仓库 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 仓库 is written 倉庫.
What is the difference between 仓库 and 库?
库 alone is a bound element that combines with other characters to name specific storage places, like 车库 (garage), 水库 (reservoir), 金库 (treasury) and 数据库 (database). 仓库 is the full standalone word for a general warehouse or storehouse.
Can 仓库 be used for digital storage like a code repository?
Yes, in tech contexts 仓库 is commonly used for a code repository, for example a Git repository is often called 代码仓库 (dàimǎ cāngkù). For a database, though, the normal word is 数据库 (shùjùkù).