代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
代号
dàihào
code name; code number
Characters in this word
号 hào
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 口 mouth 丂 breath
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 为了防止计划提前泄露，调查组给每名证人都设置了不同的代号。 Wèile fángzhǐ jìhuà tíqián xièlòu, diàocházǔ gěi měi míng zhèngrén dōu shèzhì le bùtóng de dàihào. To prevent the plan from being leaked in advance, the investigation team assigned a different code name to each witness.
- 这个项目的代号很有趣，叫小熊猫。 Zhège xiàngmù de dàihào hěn yǒuqù, jiào xiǎoxióngmāo. This project's code name is fun; it is called Little Red Panda.
- 在游戏里，朋友们都用数字当代号，谁也不知道谁是谁。 Zài yóuxì lǐ, péngyoumen dōu yòng shùzì dāng dàihào, shéi yě bù zhīdào shéi shì shéi. In the game, the friends all use numbers as code names, so no one knows who is who.