清 qīng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 青 blue, green
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
清理
qīnglǐ
to clean up
Characters in this word
理 lǐ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我清理桌子。 Wǒ qīng lǐ zhuō zi. I clean up the table.
- 他清理房间。 Tā qīng lǐ fáng jiān. He cleans up the room.
- 请清理垃圾。 Qǐng qīng lǐ lā jī. Please clean up the trash.
Related words
- 清楚 qīngchu clear
- 清醒 qīngxǐng awake; clear-headed
- 清晨 qīngchén early morning
- 道理 dàolǐ reason; common sense
- 经理 jīnglǐ manager
- 理想 lǐxiǎng dream; ideal
- 办理 bànlǐ to handle paperwork; to process
- 处理 chǔlǐ to handle; to deal with
- 管理 guǎnlǐ to manage
- 合理 hélǐ reasonable
- 理发 lǐfà to get a haircut
- 理解 lǐjiě to understand