# 棺材 (guāncai)

In Mandarin Chinese, 棺材 (guāncai) means “coffin”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: coffin
- Pinyin: guāncai (guan1 cai5)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Measure word: 具、口

## Examples

- 考古学家发现了一口古棺材。
  Kǎogǔxuéjiā fāxiànle yì kǒu gǔ guāncai.
  Archaeologists discovered an ancient coffin.

## Characters

- 棺 (guān): coffin
- 材 (cái): material; timber

https://hanziro.com/word/guan-cai-coffin/

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