戈 gē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 戈 — spear, lance, halberd
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
戈壁
gēbì
Gobi; stony desert
Characters in this word
壁 bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 新建光伏基地时，工程队必须评估戈壁生态的脆弱性，而不是只计算发电量。 Xīnjiàn guāngfú jīdì shí, gōngchéngduì bìxū pínggū gēbì shēngtài de cuìruòxìng, ér bú shì zhǐ jìsuàn fādiànliàng. When building a new photovoltaic base, the engineering team must assess the fragility of the Gobi ecosystem, rather than only calculating power generation.
- 汽车在戈壁上开了一整天，四周什么都没有。 Qìchē zài gēbì shang kāi le yì zhěng tiān, sìzhōu shénme dōu méiyǒu. The car drove across the Gobi for a whole day with nothing around it at all.
- 戈壁里白天很热，晚上却冷得要穿厚衣服。 Gēbì lǐ báitiān hěn rè, wǎnshang què lěng de yào chuān hòu yīfu. It is very hot in the Gobi by day, but at night it is so cold you need thick clothes.
Related words
- 干戈 gāngē weapons; war; armed conflict
- 隔壁 gébì next door
- 墙壁 qiángbì wall
- 壁画 bìhuà mural; wall painting
- 壁垒 bìlěi barrier; rampart
- 地势 dìshì terrain; topography
- 荒凉 huāngliáng desolate; bleak
- 风景线 fēngjǐngxiàn scenic sight; striking scene
- 荒 huāng to lie waste; to neglect; uncultivated
- 风吹雨打 fēngchuīyǔdǎ wind and rain; hardship and exposure
- 干枯 gānkū dried up; withered
- 冰天雪地 bīngtiānxuědì a world of ice and snow; freezing conditions