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项链

xiàngliàn

necklace

A necklace with a jade pendant on a red cushion
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Characters in this word

项 xiàng

Strokes
9
Radical
页 — page, sheet, leaf
Made of
工 labor, work 页 page, sheet, leaf
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

链 liàn

Strokes
12
Radical
钅 — gold, metal
Made of
钅 gold, metal 连 to join, to connect
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 链

Example phrases

  • 她把那条项链锁进保险箱,因为它是母亲留下的纪念品。 Tā bǎ nà tiáo xiàngliàn suǒ jìn bǎoxiǎnxiāng, yīnwèi tā shì mǔqīn liú xià de jìniànpǐn. She locked that necklace in the safe because it was a keepsake left by her mother.
  • 这条项链上挂着一颗小小的珍珠。 Zhè tiáo xiàngliàn shang guà zhe yì kē xiǎoxiǎo de zhēnzhū. A tiny pearl hangs on this necklace.
  • 她今天戴了一条银项链,配这件白衬衫很好看。 Tā jīntiān dài le yì tiáo yín xiàngliàn, pèi zhè jiàn bái chènshān hěn hǎokàn. She is wearing a silver necklace today, and it looks very good with this white shirt.

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