斑 bān
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 文 — culture, literature, writing
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
斑马线
bānmǎxiàn
zebra crossing; pedestrian crossing
Characters in this word
马 mǎ
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 马 — horse
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
线 xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 戋 small, narrow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校门口的斑马线虽然重新刷过，但车辆礼让行人的意识仍然不足。 Xuéxiào ménkǒu de bānmǎxiàn suīrán chóngxīn shuā guò, dàn chēliàng lǐràng xíngrén de yìshí réngrán bùzú. Although the zebra crossing outside the school has been repainted, drivers still lack sufficient awareness of yielding to pedestrians.
- 过斑马线的时候，请先看看左右有没有车。 Guò bānmǎxiàn de shíhou, qǐng xiān kànkan zuǒyòu yǒu méiyǒu chē. When you cross at a zebra crossing, please first look left and right for cars.
- 绿灯亮了，老人慢慢走过斑马线。 Lǜdēng liàng le, lǎorén mànmàn zǒu guò bānmǎxiàn. The green light came on, and the old man slowly walked across the zebra crossing.
Related words
- 斑点 bāndiǎn spot; speckle
- 马路 mǎlù street, road
- 马上 mǎshàng right away, at once
- 马 mǎ horse
- 马虎 mǎhu careless, sloppy
- 汗马功劳 hànmǎgōngláo outstanding contribution; great service
- 黑马 hēimǎ dark horse
- 骏马 jùnmǎ fine horse; steed
- 马后炮 mǎhòupào belated advice; hindsight criticism
- 马力 mǎlì horsepower
- 马桶 mǎtǒng toilet
- 千军万马 qiānjūnwànmǎ a mighty force; a vast multitude