薯 shǔ
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 署 bureau, public office
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
薯片
shǔpiàn
potato chip
Characters in this word
片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他一边看电影一边吃薯片，很快就吃完了一整包。 Tā yìbiān kàn diànyǐng yìbiān chī shǔpiàn, hěn kuài jiù chīwán le yì zhěng bāo. He ate potato crisps while watching a film and quickly finished a whole packet.
- 薯片吃多了不太健康，还是少吃一点吧。 Shǔpiàn chī duō le bú tài jiànkāng, háishi shǎo chī yìdiǎn ba. Eating too many potato chips is not very healthy, so better eat a bit less.
- 她打开一包薯片，递给了旁边的同学。 Tā dǎkāi yì bāo shǔpiàn, dì gěi le pángbiān de tóngxué. She opened a bag of potato chips and passed it to the classmate next to her.