维 wéi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
维修
wéixiū
to repair
Characters in this word
修 xiū
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 攸 distant, far 彡 hair
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 车需要维修。 Chē xūyào wéixiū. The car needs repairs.
- 手机在维修。 Shǒujī zài wéixiū. The phone is being repaired.
- 维修要一天。 Wéixiū yào yì tiān. Repairs take one day.
Related words
- 维持 wéichí to maintain; to keep
- 维护 wéihù to protect
- 二维码 èrwéimǎ scannable code
- 思维 sīwéi thinking
- 修 xiū to repair
- 修改 xiūgǎi to revise; to correct
- 修理 xiūlǐ to repair
- 装修 zhuāngxiū to renovate
- 修复 xiūfù to repair; to restore
- 修建 xiūjiàn to build
- 修养 xiūyǎng good manners; self-cultivation
- 选修 xuǎnxiū to take as an elective