都 dōu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 者 that which 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
都市
dūshì
city
Characters in this word
市 shì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 亠 lid, cover 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
Example phrases
- 快节奏的都市生活让许多人渴望重新接近自然。 Kuài jiézòu de dūshì shēnghuó ràng xǔduō rén kěwàng chóngxīn jiējìn zìrán. Fast-paced urban life makes many people long to reconnect with nature.
- 很多年轻人想去大都市找工作。 Hěn duō niánqīngrén xiǎng qù dà dūshì zhǎo gōngzuò. Many young people want to go to big cities to look for work.
- 夜晚的都市灯光闪闪，像一片星海。 Yèwǎn de dūshì dēngguāng shǎnshǎn, xiàng yí piàn xīnghǎi. At night the city lights twinkle like a sea of stars.