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长城

chángchéng

the Great Wall

A long wall over hills
Memory picture

Characters in this word

长 cháng

Strokes
4
Radical
长 — long, lasting
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

城 chéng

Strokes
9
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 成 to accomplish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我想去长城。 Wǒ xiǎng qù Cháng chéng. I want to go to the Great Wall.
  • 长城很长。 Cháng chéng hěn cháng. The Great Wall is very long.
  • 他在长城拍照。 Tā zài Cháng chéng pāi zhào. He takes photos at the Great Wall.

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