纯 chún
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 屯 village, hamlet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纯粹
chúncuì
pure; purely; sheer
Characters in this word
粹 cuì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- Made of
- 米 rice, millet, grain 卒 soldier
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他支持这个项目，并非出于私人利益，纯粹是因为它对社区有利。 Tā zhīchí zhège xiàngmù, bìngfēi chūyú sīrén lìyì, chúncuì shì yīnwèi tā duì shèqū yǒu lì. He supports the project not out of private interest, but purely because it benefits the community.
- 这是一块纯粹的黄金，一点杂质也没有。 Zhè shì yí kuài chúncuì de huángjīn, yìdiǎn zázhì yě méiyǒu. This is a piece of pure gold with not a trace of impurity.
- 我学画画纯粹是出于兴趣，不是为了赚钱。 Wǒ xué huàhuà chúncuì shì chūyú xìngqù, bú shì wèile zhuàn qián. I am learning to paint purely out of interest, not to make money.
Related words
- 纯 chún pure
- 纯净水 chúnjìngshuǐ purified water
- 单纯 dānchún simple; innocent
- 纯洁 chúnjié pure; clean; to purify
- 纯朴 chúnpǔ simple and honest; unaffected
- 固有 gùyǒu inherent; intrinsic
- 常人 chángrén ordinary person; average person
- 共性 gòngxìng commonality; shared feature
- 反常 fǎncháng abnormal; unusual
- 互补 hùbǔ to complement each other; mutually complementary
- 分明 fēnmíng clear; clearly
- 独一无二 dúyīwú'èr unique; one of a kind