饱 bǎo
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 饣 — food
- Made of
- 饣 food 包 wrap, pack, bundle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
饱经沧桑
bǎojīngcāngsāng
weathered; having experienced many hardships
Characters in this word
经 jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
沧 cāng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 仓 granary, barn
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
桑 sāng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 叒 obedient 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 饱经沧桑的老人坐在门口，静静地看着来往的行人。 Bǎojīng cāngsāng de lǎorén zuò zài ménkǒu, jìngjìng de kànzhe láiwǎng de xíngrén. The weathered old man sat in the doorway, quietly watching the passers-by.
- 他饱经沧桑，看待事情比年轻人平静得多。 Tā bǎojīng cāngsāng, kàndài shìqing bǐ niánqīngrén píngjìng de duō. Having been through so much, he looks at things far more calmly than young people do.
- 这位饱经沧桑的老船长常给孩子们讲海上的故事。 Zhè wèi bǎojīng cāngsāng de lǎo chuánzhǎng cháng gěi háizimen jiǎng hǎi shang de gùshi. This weathered old captain often tells the children stories of the sea.
Related words
- 饱 bǎo full from eating
- 饱和 bǎohé to saturate; saturated
- 饱满 bǎomǎn full; plump; energetic
- 经常 jīngcháng often
- 经过 jīngguò to pass by; to go through
- 经理 jīnglǐ manager
- 已经 yǐjīng already
- 曾经 céngjīng once; in the past
- 经济 jīngjì economy
- 经历 jīnglì experience
- 经验 jīngyàn experience; skill from practice
- 经营 jīngyíng to run; to manage