苍 cāng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 仓 granary, barn
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
苍白
cāngbái
pale; weak; unconvincing
Characters in this word
白 bái
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 白 — white
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 报告的数据很充分，但结论显得苍白，缺乏解释力。 Bàogào de shùjù hěn chōngfèn, dàn jiélùn xiǎnde cāngbái, quēfá jiěshìlì. The report has ample data, but its conclusion seems weak and lacks explanatory power.
- 他生病了，脸色苍白，嘴唇也没有血色。 Tā shēngbìng le, liǎnsè cāngbái, zuǐchún yě méiyǒu xuèsè. He is ill, with a pale face and lips that have lost their colour.
- 光说对不起太苍白了，表达不了我的歉意。 Guāng shuō duìbuqǐ tài cāngbái le, biǎodá bù liǎo wǒ de qiànyì. Just saying sorry is too feeble to express my apology.
Related words
- 苍蝇 cāngying fly
- 白 bái white
- 白天 báitiān daytime, during the day
- 明白 míngbai to understand; clear
- 白色 báisè white
- 白 bái in vain; for free
- 白菜 báicài Chinese cabbage
- 白酒 báijiǔ Chinese liquor
- 白白 báibái in vain, for nothing
- 白领 báilǐng white-collar worker
- 蛋白质 dànbáizhì protein
- 表白 biǎobái to confess; to state one's feelings or position