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海盗

hǎidào

pirate

A person in a tricorn hat and eyepatch beside a chest
Memory picture

Characters in this word

海 hǎi

Strokes
10
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 每 each, every
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

盗 dào

Strokes
11
Radical
皿 — dish, vessel
Made of
次 order, sequence 皿 dish, vessel

Example phrases

  • 早期的海盗并非都只是抢劫者,有些还卷入了帝国之间的贸易竞争。 Zǎoqī de hǎidào bìngfēi dōu zhǐshì qiǎngjié zhě, yǒuxiē hái juǎnrù le dìguó zhījiān de màoyì jìngzhēng. Early pirates were not all merely robbers; some were also drawn into trade rivalries between empires.
  • 这本故事书里的海盗在岛上藏了一箱宝物。 Zhè běn gùshishū lǐ de hǎidào zài dǎo shang cáng le yì xiāng bǎowù. The pirate in this storybook hid a chest of treasure on an island.
  • 孩子们打扮成海盗,戴着眼罩玩寻宝游戏。 Háizimen dǎbàn chéng hǎidào, dàizhe yǎnzhào wán xúnbǎo yóuxì. The children dressed up as pirates and played a treasure hunt game in eye patches.

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