吸管
xīguǎn
drinking straw
Characters in this word
管 guǎn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 官 official, public servant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我要吸管。 Wǒ yào xīguǎn. I want a straw.
- 吸管在哪？ Xīguǎn zài nǎ? Where is the straw?
- 给我吸管。 Gěi wǒ xīguǎn. Give me a straw.
Related words
- 呼吸 hūxī to breathe
- 吸 xī to suck; to absorb
- 吸收 xīshōu to absorb
- 吸烟 xīyān to smoke
- 吸引 xīyǐn to attract
- 管 guǎn to be in charge of; to look after
- 管理 guǎnlǐ to manage
- 不管 bùguǎn to not care about; to not look after
- 尽管 jǐnguǎn feel free to
- 主管 zhǔguǎn person in charge; to be in charge of
- 尺 chǐ ruler
- 刷子 shuāzi brush