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
沧桑
cāngsāng
vicissitudes; great changes
Characters in this word
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
- 这座老码头见证了城市从渔港到金融中心的沧桑。 Zhè zuò lǎo mǎtóu jiànzhèng le chéngshì cóng yúgǎng dào jīnróng zhōngxīn de cāngsāng. This old pier has witnessed the city's vicissitudes as it changed from a fishing port into a financial centre.
- 老人的脸上写满了岁月的沧桑。 Lǎorén de liǎn shang xiěmǎn le suìyuè de cāngsāng. The old man's face was full of the marks of passing years.
- 这座古城经历了千年的沧桑，如今依然热闹。 Zhè zuò gǔchéng jīnglì le qiān nián de cāngsāng, rújīn yīrán rènao. This ancient city has been through a thousand years of change and is still lively today.
Related words
- 饱经沧桑 bǎojīngcāngsāng weathered; having experienced many hardships
- 桑拿 sāngná sauna
- 长征 chángzhēng long march; long campaign
- 风貌 fēngmào appearance; style; distinctive features
- 发源地 fāyuándì place of origin; source
- 传人 chuánrén successor; inheritor; to pass on to someone
- 国学 guóxué traditional Chinese studies
- 后世 hòushì later generations; posterity
- 古籍 gǔjí ancient books; classical texts
- 诞辰 dànchén birth anniversary; birthday, especially of a notable person
- 传奇 chuánqí legend; legendary tale
- 惯例 guànlì convention; usual practice