兼 jiān
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 丷 — horns
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
兼顾
jiāngù
to balance; to give consideration to both
Characters in this word
顾 gù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 城市更新不能只追求商业价值，还必须兼顾居民的生活成本。 Chéngshì gēngxīn bù néng zhǐ zhuīqiú shāngyè jiàzhí, hái bìxū jiāngù jūmín de shēnghuó chéngběn. Urban renewal cannot pursue commercial value alone; it must also take residents' living costs into account.
- 她努力兼顾工作和家庭，每天都很忙。 Tā nǔlì jiāngù gōngzuò hé jiātíng, měitiān dōu hěn máng. She tries hard to balance work and family and is busy every day.
- 这份菜单兼顾了口味和健康。 Zhè fèn càidān jiāngù le kǒuwèi hé jiànkāng. This menu takes both taste and health into account.
Related words
- 兼职 jiānzhí to hold multiple jobs; part-time job
- 德才兼备 décáijiānbèi to have both moral integrity and ability
- 兼 jiān to hold two or more roles; concurrently; also
- 兼任 jiānrèn to concurrently hold another post
- 兼容 jiānróng to be compatible; to accommodate both
- 顾客 gùkè customer
- 照顾 zhàogù to take care of
- 不顾 búgù to ignore; despite
- 顾问 gùwèn adviser
- 回顾 huígù to look back on
- 顾 gù to attend to, to look after
- 只顾 zhǐgù to be only concerned with, to solely attend to