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酒鬼

jiǔguǐ

drunkard

A person slumped beside a bottle
Memory picture

Characters in this word

酒 jiǔ

Strokes
10
Radical
酉 — wine
Made of
氵 water 酉 wine
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

鬼 guǐ

Strokes
9
Radical
鬼 — ghost
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 他不是酒鬼。 Tā bú shì jiǔ guǐ. He is not a drunkard.
  • 那个酒鬼醉了。 Nà ge jiǔ guǐ zuì le. That drunkard is drunk.
  • 酒鬼又来了。 Jiǔ guǐ yòu lái le. The drunkard has come again.

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