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窗台

chuāngtái

windowsill

A flowerpot on a windowsill
Memory picture

Characters in this word

窗 chuāng

Strokes
12
Radical
穴 — cave, den, hole
Made of
穴 cave, den, hole 囱 chimney
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 窗

台 tái

Strokes
5
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
厶 private, secret 口 mouth

Example phrases

  • 花在窗台上。 Huā zài chuāng tái shàng. The flowers are on the windowsill.
  • 窗台很干净。 Chuāng tái hěn gān jìng. The windowsill is very clean.
  • 猫跳上窗台。 Māo tiào shàng chuāng tái. The cat jumps onto the windowsill.

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