电 diàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 曰 — to speak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
电脑
diànnǎo
computer
Characters in this word
脑 nǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我用电脑工作。 Wǒ yòng diànnǎo gōngzuò. I work on a computer.
- 这个电脑很新。 Zhège diànnǎo hěn xīn. This computer is new.
- 我买了一个电脑。 Wǒ mǎi le yí gè diànnǎo. I bought a computer.
- 电脑里有我的汉语书。 Diànnǎo lǐ yǒu wǒ de Hànyǔ shū. My Chinese book is on the computer.
- 你的电脑在哪儿？ Nǐ de diànnǎo zài nǎr? Where is your computer?
- 老师用电脑看地图。 Lǎoshī yòng diànnǎo kàn dìtú. The teacher is looking at a map on the computer.
- 电脑坏了，不能用。 Diànnǎo huài le, bù néng yòng. The computer is broken and can't be used.
- 请打开电脑。 Qǐng dǎkāi diànnǎo. Please turn on the computer.
- 妹妹常常用电脑。 Mèimei chángcháng yòng diànnǎo. My younger sister often uses the computer.
- 李月的电脑很小。 Lǐ Yuè de diànnǎo hěn xiǎo. Li Yue's computer is very small.
Related words
- 打电话 dǎ diànhuà to make a phone call
- 电 diàn electricity
- 电话 diànhuà telephone; phone call
- 电视 diànshì television, TV
- 电视机 diànshìjī TV set
- 电影 diànyǐng film, movie
- 电影院 diànyǐngyuàn cinema
- 电视剧 diànshìjù television series
- 电视台 diànshìtái television station
- 电台 diàntái radio station
- 电子邮件 diànzǐ yóujiàn email
- 充电 chōngdiàn to charge