陈 chén
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 东 east, eastern, eastward
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
陈述
chénshù
to state; to present
Characters in this word
述 shù
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 术 skill, art
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 律师要求证人只陈述亲眼所见的事实，不要加入个人推测。 Lǜshī yāoqiú zhèngrén zhǐ chénshù qīnyǎn suǒ jiàn de shìshí, bú yào jiārù gèrén tuīcè. The lawyer asked the witness only to state facts personally observed and not to add personal speculation.
- 他向老师陈述了事情的经过，没有一句假话。 Tā xiàng lǎoshī chénshù le shìqing de jīngguò, méiyǒu yí jù jiǎ huà. He told the teacher what happened, without a single false word.
- 请先陈述你的理由，我们再一起讨论。 Qǐng xiān chénshù nǐ de lǐyóu, wǒmen zài yìqǐ tǎolùn. Please state your reasons first, then we'll discuss them together.
Related words
- 陈旧 chénjiù old; outdated
- 陈列 chénliè to display; to exhibit
- 新陈代谢 xīnchéndàixiè metabolism; renewal and replacement
- 描述 miáoshù to describe
- 上述 shàngshù above-mentioned
- 叙述 xùshù to narrate, to describe
- 表述 biǎoshù to state; to formulate in words
- 阐述 chǎnshù to elaborate; to set forth
- 论述 lùnshù to discuss; to expound; exposition
- 反问 fǎnwèn to ask back; rhetorical question
- 阐释 chǎnshì to expound; to interpret
- 反驳 fǎnbó to refute; to rebut