胸 xiōng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- ⺼ — meat, flesh
- Made of
- ⺼ meat, flesh 匈 breast, chest, thorax
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
胸部
xiōngbù
chest
Characters in this word
部 bù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 胸部有点疼。 Xiōngbù yǒudiǎn téng. My chest hurts a little.
- 请检查胸部。 Qǐng jiǎnchá xiōngbù. Please check the chest.
- 他胸部很壮。 Tā xiōngbù hěn zhuàng. He has a strong chest.
Related words
- 部分 bùfen part
- 大部分 dàbùfen most; the greater part
- 全部 quánbù all; completely
- 一部分 yíbùfen one part
- 北部 běibù northern part; the north
- 部 bù a measure word for films, books, and vehicles
- 部门 bùmén department
- 部长 bùzhǎng minister
- 东部 dōngbù eastern part
- 南部 nánbù southern part
- 西部 xībù western part
- 中部 zhōngbù central part