赤 chì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 赤 — red, scarlet
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
赤道
chìdào
equator
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 赤道附近的海温异常变化，往往会影响全球范围内的气候格局。 Chìdào fùjìn de hǎiwēn yìcháng biànhuà, wǎngwǎng huì yǐngxiǎng quánqiú fànwéi nèi de qìhòu géjú. Abnormal changes in sea temperature near the equator often affect climate patterns across the globe.
- 赤道上的白天和夜晚几乎一样长。 Chìdào shang de báitiān hé yèwǎn jīhū yíyàng cháng. Day and night are almost the same length at the equator.
- 飞机从赤道上空飞过，窗外全是白云。 Fēijī cóng chìdào shàngkōng fēiguò, chuāng wài quán shì báiyún. The plane flew over the equator, and outside the window there was nothing but white clouds.
Related words
- 赤字 chìzì deficit
- 面红耳赤 miànhóng'ěrchì flushed with anger or embarrassment
- 知道 zhīdào to know
- 道 dào a measure word for long things
- 道理 dàolǐ reason; common sense
- 道路 dàolù road
- 味道 wèidào taste; smell
- 报道 bàodào to report; news report
- 难道 nándào really? (shows surprise)
- 街道 jiēdào street
- 道德 dàodé morals; morality
- 频道 píndào channel