抱 bào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 包 wrap, pack, bundle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
抱怨
bàoyuàn
to complain
Characters in this word
怨 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- Made of
- 夗 to turn over when asleep 心 heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 别总抱怨。 Bié zǒng bàoyuàn. Do not always complain.
- 她常抱怨工作。 Tā cháng bàoyuàn gōngzuò. She often complains about work.
- 我不想抱怨。 Wǒ bù xiǎng bàoyuàn. I do not want to complain.