世 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
世界杯
shìjièbēi
World Cup
Characters in this word
界 jiè
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- Made of
- 田 field, farm, arable land 介 agent, go-between, intermediary
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他看世界杯。 Tā kàn Shìjièbēi. He watches the World Cup.
- 世界杯开始了。 Shìjièbēi kāishǐ le. The World Cup has started.
- 我爱世界杯。 Wǒ ài Shìjièbēi. I love the World Cup.