手套箱

Mandarin · pinyin shǒu tào xiāng

Meanings

  1. glove compartment (of a car)
  2. glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)
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手
shǒu · hand
套
tào · case, cover, wrapper, envelope
箱
xiāng · case, box, chest, trunk
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3–4–1 · shou3 tao4 xiang1

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sau2 tou3 soeng1

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手套箱 · shou3 tao4 xiang1
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Exact source record手套箱 手套箱 [shou3 tao4 xiang1] /glove compartment (of a car)/glovebox (sealed compartment with attached gloves for handling hazardous materials etc)/