筹 chóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 寿 old age, longevity
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
筹划
chóuhuà
to plan; to prepare
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Example phrases
- 委员会正在筹划一场跨区域的环保论坛，议题涉及产业转型。 Wěiyuánhuì zhèngzài chóuhuà yì chǎng kuà qūyù de huánbǎo lùntán, yìtí shèjí chǎnyè zhuǎnxíng. The committee is planning a cross-regional environmental forum whose topics involve industrial transformation.
- 他们一家正在筹划暑假的旅行路线。 Tāmen yì jiā zhèngzài chóuhuà shǔjià de lǚxíng lùxiàn. The family is planning their summer holiday travel route.
- 她早就在心里筹划着开一家花店。 Tā zǎo jiù zài xīnlǐ chóuhuà zhe kāi yì jiā huādiàn. She has long been planning in her mind to open a flower shop.
Related words
- 筹备 chóubèi to prepare, to make arrangements
- 筹 chóu to raise; to plan; to prepare
- 筹办 chóubàn to organise; to make arrangements for
- 筹措 chóucuò to raise; to collect funds or materials
- 筹集 chóují to raise; to collect
- 筹码 chóumǎ bargaining chip; counter
- 统筹 tǒngchóu to plan as a whole; to coordinate
- 一筹莫展 yìchóumòzhǎn to be at one’s wits’ end
- 运筹帷幄 yùnchóuwéiwò to devise strategies from behind the scenes
- 计划 jìhuà plan
- 划船 huáchuán to row a boat
- 划 huá to row