嘉 jiā
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Made of
- 壴 drum 加 to add to, to increase, to augment
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
嘉年华
jiāniánhuá
carnival
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
华 huá
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 城市把河岸改造成夏季嘉年华场地，希望借此重塑老工业区的形象。 Chéngshì bǎ hé'àn gǎizào chéng xiàjì jiāniánhuá chǎngdì, xīwàng jiècǐ chóngsù lǎo gōngyèqū de xíngxiàng. The city transformed the riverbank into a summer carnival venue, hoping to reshape the image of the old industrial district through it.
- 周末的儿童嘉年华有旋转木马和各种游戏。 Zhōumò de értóng jiāniánhuá yǒu xuánzhuǎn mùmǎ hé gèzhǒng yóuxì. The weekend children's carnival has a merry-go-round and all sorts of games.
- 我们全家去海边参加了夏天的嘉年华，玩得很开心。 Wǒmen quánjiā qù hǎibiān cānjiā le xiàtiān de jiāniánhuá, wán de hěn kāixīn. Our whole family went to the seaside summer carnival and had a great time.