别 bié
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 另 another 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
别墅
biéshù
villa; detached house
Characters in this word
墅 shù
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 随着海岸线被不断开发，许多渔村旁边建起了面向游客的豪华别墅。 Suízhe hǎi'ànxiàn bèi bùduàn kāifā, xǔduō yúcūn pángbiān jiàn qǐ le miànxiàng yóukè de háohuá biéshù. As the coastline kept being developed, many fishing villages had luxury villas built nearby for tourists.
- 山脚下有一栋白色的别墅，周围种满了花。 Shān jiǎo xià yǒu yí dòng báisè de biéshù, zhōuwéi zhòng mǎn le huā. At the foot of the mountain stands a white villa surrounded by flowers.
- 他们打算退休后搬到海边的别墅里住。 Tāmen dǎsuàn tuìxiū hòu bān dào hǎibiān de biéshù lǐ zhù. They plan to move into a villa by the sea after they retire.