起到
qǐdào
to play a role
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 它起到作用。 Tā qǐdào zuòyòng. It plays a role.
- 笑容起到作用。 Xiàoróng qǐdào zuòyòng. A smile has an effect.
- 水起到降温作用。 Shuǐ qǐdào jiàngwēn zuòyòng. Water helps lower the temperature.
Related words
- 对不起 duìbuqǐ sorry, excuse me
- 起 qǐ to rise, to get up
- 起床 qǐchuáng to get up (out of bed)
- 起来 qǐlai to get up, to stand up; to start (doing)
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 起飞 qǐfēi to take off
- 想起 xiǎngqǐ to remember; to recall
- 看起来 kànqǐlai to look; to seem
- 看不起 kànbuqǐ to look down on
- 了不起 liǎobuqǐ amazing
- 引起 yǐnqǐ to cause
- 起码 qǐmǎ at least