行李箱
suitcase; luggage
HSK level
- Pinyin
- xínglǐxiāng
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 28
- Register
- neutral
- Measure word
- 个 / 只
Stroke order for 行李箱
行李箱 is written with 28 strokes (行: 6, 李: 7, 箱: 15). The animation replays automatically.
What does 行李箱 mean?
行李箱 (xínglǐxiāng) is the standard word for a suitcase — the wheeled, hard- or soft-sided travel case you take on a trip.
It is a compound of 行李 'luggage, baggage' + 箱 'box, case', so it literally means 'luggage box'. Used in airports, hotels, online shopping, and everyday speech. Two things often surprise English speakers.
First, 行李 alone means 'luggage' as a mass concept ('I have a lot of luggage'), while 行李箱 specifically names the physical suitcase you can count. Second, in mainland China 行李箱 also commonly means the 'trunk' of a car (especially in Taiwan and southern usage); listeners disambiguate by context — at an airport it's a suitcase, at a car it's the trunk.
Character by character
Memory hook: 行李 (travel-baggage) + 箱 (box) = the box you put your travel things in.
Example sentences
我的行李箱很重。
Wǒ de xínglǐxiāng hěn zhòng.
My suitcase is very heavy.
spoken
你带了几个行李箱？
Nǐ dài le jǐ gè xínglǐxiāng?
How many suitcases did you bring?
spoken
她在拉一个红色的行李箱。
Tā zài lā yí gè hóngsè de xínglǐxiāng.
She is pulling a red suitcase.
neutral
请把您的行李箱放在这里。
Qǐng bǎ nín de xínglǐxiāng fàng zài zhèlǐ.
Please put your suitcase here.
polite
我想买一个新的行李箱。
Wǒ xiǎng mǎi yí gè xīn de xínglǐxiāng.
I want to buy a new suitcase.
neutral
Common phrases with 行李箱
Synonyms
箱子 is any box or case — for storage, moving, shipping. 行李箱 specifically means the travel suitcase. At an airport always use 行李箱.
拉杆箱 emphasises the pull-handle wheeled design. 行李箱 is the everyday word and covers all suitcase shapes; 拉杆箱 highlights the wheeled rolling kind.
Don't confuse 行李箱 with
行李 is 'luggage' as a mass noun — your bags collectively. 行李箱 is one countable suitcase. Say 我的行李很多 ('I have a lot of luggage') but 我有两个行李箱 ('I have two suitcases').
书包 is a school bag / backpack for books. 行李箱 is for travel and has wheels. Both 'bags', very different uses.
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