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地位

dìwèi

status

A person on a platform
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Characters in this word

地 de

Strokes
6
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

位 wèi

Strokes
7
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 立 to stand
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他地位很高。 Tā dìwèi hěn gāo. He has high status.
  • 地位不重要。 Dìwèi bù zhòngyào. Status is not important.
  • 她有地位。 Tā yǒu dìwèi. She has status.

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