唱 chàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 昌 sunlight
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
唱片
chàngpiàn
record
Characters in this word
片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 这张唱片很旧。 Zhè zhāng chàngpiàn hěn jiù. This record is very old.
- 我买了唱片。 Wǒ mǎi le chàngpiàn. I bought a record.
- 唱片在柜子里。 Chàngpiàn zài guìzi lǐ. The record is in the cabinet.
Related words
- 唱 chàng to sing
- 唱歌 chànggē to sing a song
- 演唱 yǎnchàng to sing on stage
- 演唱会 yǎnchànghuì concert
- 片 piàn a slice; a measure word for thin flat pieces
- 图片 túpiàn picture
- 药片 yàopiàn pill; tablet
- 影片 yǐngpiàn film; movie
- 照片 zhàopiàn photo
- 动画片 dònghuàpiàn cartoon
- 名片 míngpiàn business card
- 片面 piànmiàn one-sided