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总理

zǒnglǐ

prime minister

HSK 4 · Topic “Law and power”
A leader at a council table
Memory picture

Characters in this word

总 zǒng

Strokes
9
Radical
心 — heart
Made of
丷 horns 口 mouth 心 heart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

  • 总理来了。 Zǒnglǐ lái le. The prime minister has arrived.
  • 总理在开会。 Zǒnglǐ zài kāihuì. The prime minister is in a meeting.
  • 他见了总理。 Tā jiàn le zǒnglǐ. He met the prime minister.

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