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藏

cáng · cang/zàng · zang/Zàng · zang

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Meaning

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cáng 藏

  1. to conceal
  2. to hide away
  3. to harbor
  4. to store
  5. to collect

zàng 藏

  1. storehouse
  2. depository
  3. Buddhist or Taoist scripture

Zàng 藏

  1. Tibet
  2. abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏 (Xī zàng)
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In a conversation

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Where is the present?

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)把(bǎ)你(nǐ)的(de)生日(shēngrì)礼物(lǐwù)藏(cáng)起来(qǐlai)了(le)。

    I hid your birthday present.

  2. Dengdeng

    藏(cáng)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)了(le)？

    Where did you hide it?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)藏(cáng)在(zài)一(yī)个(gè)你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)不(bù)到(dào)的(de)地方(dìfang)。

    In a place you cannot think of.

  4. Dengdeng

    衣柜(yīguì)？床(chuáng)底下(dǐxia)？

    The wardrobe? Under the bed?

  5. Liangliang

    都(dōu)不(bù)是(shì)。其实(qíshí)我(wǒ)忘(wàng)了(le)。

    Neither. Actually I forgot.

  6. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)藏(cáng)得(de)太(tài)好(hǎo)了(le)！

    You hid it too well!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)把(bǎ)钥(yào)匙(shi)藏(cáng)在(zài)门(mén)口(kǒu)的(de)垫(diàn)子(zi)下(xià)面(miàn)。

He hid the key under the mat at the door.

02

冬(dōng)天(tiān)松(sōng)鼠(shǔ)会(huì)把(bǎ)坚(jiān)果(guǒ)藏(cáng)起(qǐ)来(lái)过(guò)冬(dōng)。

In winter, squirrels store nuts away for the winter.

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