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百货

bǎihuò

general goods

A shelf with household goods
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Characters in this word

百 bǎi

Strokes
6
Radical
白 — white
Made of
一 one 白 white
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

货 huò

Strokes
8
Radical
贝 — sea shell
Made of
化 to change, to convert, to reform 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 百货店很近。 Bǎihuòdiàn hěn jìn. The department store is very close.
  • 我去百货店。 Wǒ qù bǎihuòdiàn. I am going to the department store.
  • 百货很多。 Bǎihuò hěn duō. There are many goods.

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