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修理

xiūlǐ

to repair

A person fixing a broken chair
Memory picture

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

理 lǐ

Strokes
11
Radical
王 — king, ruler
Made of
王 king, ruler 里 inside
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 理

Example phrases

  • 我会修理车。 Wǒ huì xiūlǐ chē. I know how to fix a car.
  • 他修理电脑。 Tā xiūlǐ diànnǎo. He fixes computers.
  • 修理手机很贵。 Xiūlǐ shǒujī hěn guì. Fixing a phone is expensive.

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