风筝
fēngzheng
kite
Characters in this word
筝 zhēng
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 争 to dispute, to fight, to contend, to strive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 孩子们在海堤上放风筝，大人则借着风向判断下午是否会变天。 Háizimen zài hǎidī shàng fàng fēngzheng, dàren zé jiè zhe fēngxiàng pànduàn xiàwǔ shìfǒu huì biàntiān. The children flew kites on the sea wall, while the adults used the wind direction to judge whether the weather would change in the afternoon.
- 春天一到，公园里就有很多人放风筝。 Chūntiān yí dào, gōngyuán lǐ jiù yǒu hěn duō rén fàng fēngzheng. As soon as spring arrives, many people fly kites in the park.
- 那只蝴蝶形状的风筝飞得最高。 Nà zhī húdié xíngzhuàng de fēngzheng fēi de zuì gāo. The butterfly-shaped kite flew the highest.