构 gòu
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
构思
gòusī
to conceive; conception; idea
Characters in this word
思 sī
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他把小说的结尾反复构思了半年，最终选择留下一个开放式悬念。 Tā bǎ xiǎoshuō de jiéwěi fǎnfù gòusī le bànnián, zuìzhōng xuǎnzé liúxià yí ge kāifàngshì xuánniàn. He spent half a year repeatedly conceiving the ending of the novel, and finally chose to leave an open suspense.
- 作家正在构思一部新的小说。 Zuòjiā zhèngzài gòusī yí bù xīn de xiǎoshuō. The writer is mapping out a new novel in his head.
- 设计师花了很长时间构思这个房间的布局。 Shèjìshī huā le hěn cháng shíjiān gòusī zhè ge fángjiān de bùjú. The designer spent a long time planning the layout of this room.
Related words
- 构成 gòuchéng to form
- 构造 gòuzào structure
- 机构 jīgòu organization
- 结构 jiégòu structure
- 构建 gòujiàn to construct; to build
- 构想 gòuxiǎng conception; vision; to conceive
- 虚构 xūgòu to fabricate; to fictionalise
- 不好意思 bùhǎoyìsi sorry; embarrassed
- 意思 yìsi meaning
- 有意思 yǒuyìsi interesting
- 思想 sīxiǎng thought; way of thinking
- 思考 sīkǎo to think deeply