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biāoshì

to indicate; to mark

A red car parked neatly between painted lines
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Characters in this word

标 biāo

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
木 tree 示 altar
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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示 shì

Strokes
5
Radical
示 — altar
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
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Example phrases

  • 图表用不同颜色标示污染物的扩散范围。 Túbiǎo yòng bùtóng yánsè biāoshì wūrǎnwù de kuòsàn fànwéi. The chart uses different colours to indicate the spread range of pollutants.
  • 药瓶上标示了每天要吃几次。 Yào píng shàng biāoshì le měitiān yào chī jǐ cì. The medicine bottle indicates how many times a day to take it.
  • 地上用白线标示出了停车的位置。 Dì shàng yòng bái xiàn biāoshì chū le tíngchē de wèizhì. White lines on the ground mark out the parking spots.

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