Chinese word

快递柜

Pronunciation

Pinyinkuài dì guì

Meaning

  • nounparcel locker

Example

请到小区的快递柜取件。qǐng dào xiǎo qū de kuài dì guì qǔ jiàn

Please go to the parcel locker in your residential community to pick up the package.

Illustration for 快递柜 (parcel locker)

More examples

我把包裹放进了快递柜，系统发来取件码。wǒ bǎ bāo guǒ fàng jìn le kuài dì guì xì tǒng fā lái qǔ jiàn mǎ

I put the package in the parcel locker, and the system sent a pickup code.

Core concept

A bank of small locked compartments holds incoming deliveries until the recipient opens one with a pickup code.

Common phrases

  • 从快递柜取包裹cóng kuài dì guì qǔ bāo guǒ

    pick up a package from the parcel locker

  • 把包裹放入快递柜bǎ bāo guǒ fàng rù kuài dì guì

    put a package in the parcel locker

  • 打开快递柜dǎ kāi kuài dì guì

    open the parcel locker

Similar words

自提柜zì tí guì: A self-service locker used to receive and collect packages.
智能取件柜zhì néng qǔ jiàn guì: A smart pickup locker that uses electronic controls, a code, or an app to release packages.

Definition in Chinese

设置在住宅区、快递点或公共场所的自助储物柜，用于接收和临时保管快递包裹，收件人凭取件码取出。shè zhì zài zhù zhái qū kuài dì diǎn huò gōng gòng cháng suǒ de zì zhù chǔ wù guì yòng yú jiē shōu hé lín shí báo guǎn kuài dì bāo guǒ shōu jiàn rén píng qǔ jiàn mǎ qǔ chū

Word origin

快递柜 (kuàidìguì, "parcel locker") combines 快递 (kuàidì, "express delivery") with 柜 (guì, "cabinet"), naming a cabinet designed for delivered parcels.

Usage tips

  • English often uses "locker" for a place that stores a person's belongings, while this Chinese word points specifically to a self-service collection point for deliveries.

Opposites

  • 上门派送shàng mén pài sònghome deliverynoun
  • 人工派送rén gōng pài sòngin-person deliverynoun

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