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
筹集
chóují
to raise; to collect
Characters in this word
集 jí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 学校通过校友会筹集奖学金，帮助偏远地区的学生完成学业。 Xuéxiào tōngguò xiàoyǒuhuì chóují jiǎngxuéjīn, bāngzhù piānyuǎn dìqū de xuésheng wánchéng xuéyè. The school raises scholarship funds through the alumni association to help students from remote areas complete their studies.
- 他们在网上筹集善款，帮助生病的孩子。 Tāmen zài wǎngshàng chóují shànkuǎn, bāngzhù shēngbìng de háizi. They raise charity funds online to help sick children.
- 社区正在筹集旧书，送给山区的小学。 Shèqū zhèngzài chóují jiù shū, sòng gěi shānqū de xiǎoxué. The community is collecting old books to give to primary schools in the mountains.
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
- 筹划 chóuhuà to plan; to prepare
- 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
- 集体 jítǐ group
- 集中 jízhōng to concentrate
- 集合 jíhé to gather