档 dàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
档次
dàngcì
grade; class; quality level
Characters in this word
次 cì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- Made of
- 冫 ice 欠 to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这家酒店的装修未必奢华，但服务档次明显高于同价位竞争者。 Zhè jiā jiǔdiàn de zhuāngxiū wèibì shēhuá, dàn fúwù dàngcì míngxiǎn gāo yú tóng jiàwèi jìngzhēngzhě. The hotel's décor may not be luxurious, but the level of service is clearly higher than that of competitors at the same price point.
- 这家餐厅的档次很高，菜和服务都很好。 Zhè jiā cāntīng de dàngcì hěn gāo, cài hé fúwù dōu hěn hǎo. This restaurant is high-class; both the food and the service are excellent.
- 衣服的档次不同，价格也差得很远。 Yīfu de dàngcì bù tóng, jiàgé yě chà de hěn yuǎn. Clothes of different grades differ greatly in price.
Related words
- 档案 dàng'àn file, record
- 文档 wéndàng document
- 搭档 dādàng partner; to partner with
- 次 cì time (measure word for occurrences)
- 上次 shàngcì last time
- 下次 xiàcì next time
- 其次 qícì next; secondly
- 次 cì poor quality
- 多次 duōcì many times
- 层次 céngcì level; structure
- 再次 zàicì again
- 场次 chǎngcì number of performances, sessions