国 guó
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 玉 jade, gem, precious stone
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
国务院
guówùyuàn
State Council
Characters in this word
院 yuàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 完 to complete, to finish, to settle
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 国务院发布的新文件强调，要把就业稳定放在宏观政策的突出位置。 Guówùyuàn fābù de xīn wénjiàn qiángdiào, yào bǎ jiùyè wěndìng fàng zài hóngguān zhèngcè de tūchū wèizhi. The new document issued by the State Council emphasises that employment stability should be placed in a prominent position in macro policy.
- 国务院召开会议，讨论如何改善农村的教育条件。 Guówùyuàn zhàokāi huìyì, tǎolùn rúhé gǎishàn nóngcūn de jiàoyù tiáojiàn. The State Council held a meeting to discuss how to improve educational conditions in rural areas.
- 他在国务院下属的一个部门工作。 Tā zài Guówùyuàn xiàshǔ de yí ge bùmén gōngzuò. He works in one of the departments under the State Council.
Related words
- 国 guó country, state
- 国家 guójiā country, nation
- 国外 guówài abroad, overseas
- 外国 wàiguó foreign country
- 中国 Zhōngguó China
- 出国 chūguó to go abroad
- 国际 guójì international
- 回国 huíguó to return to one’s country
- 全国 quánguó the whole country
- 国内 guónèi within the country
- 国庆 guóqìng National Day
- 联合国 Liánhéguó the United Nations