垂 chuí
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
垂头丧气
chuítóusàngqì
downcast; dejected; crestfallen
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
丧 sàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 输了比赛以后，大家都垂头丧气地坐在场边。 Shū le bǐsài yǐhòu, dàjiā dōu chuítóusàngqì de zuò zài chǎng biān. After losing the match, everyone sat at the edge of the field looking dejected.
- 别这样垂头丧气的，明天还有机会。 Bié zhèyàng chuítóusàngqì de, míngtiān hái yǒu jīhuì. Don't be so downcast; there is still a chance tomorrow.
- 他考试没考好，回到家垂头丧气，一句话也不说。 Tā kǎoshì méi kǎo hǎo, huí dào jiā chuítóusàngqì, yí jù huà yě bù shuō. He did badly in the exam and came home dejected, not saying a word.