浪 làng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 良 good, virtuous, respectable
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
浪费
làngfèi
to waste
Characters in this word
费 fèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 贝 — sea shell
- Made of
- 弗 not, negative 贝 sea shell
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 别浪费水。 Bié làngfèi shuǐ. Do not waste water.
- 这样很浪费。 Zhèyàng hěn làngfèi. This is very wasteful.
- 不要浪费饭。 Bú yào làngfèi fàn. Do not waste food.