酸 suān
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 酉 — wine
- Made of
- 酉 wine 夋 to dawdle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
酸奶
suānnǎi
yogurt
Characters in this word
奶 nǎi
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 乃 then
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我喝酸奶。 Wǒ hē suān nǎi. I drink yogurt.
- 酸奶很好喝。 Suān nǎi hěn hǎo hē. The yogurt tastes very good.
- 她买酸奶。 Tā mǎi suān nǎi. She buys yogurt.