行李箱
suitcase; luggage
xínglǐxiāng
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 breakdown
to travel; to go
(in 行李) baggage; plum
box; case; chest
Memory hook: 行李 (travel-baggage) + 箱 (box) = the box you put your travel things in.
Measure word for 行李箱
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
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