娇 jiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 女 — woman, girl
- Made of
- 女 woman, girl 乔 tall, lofty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
娇气
jiāoqì
delicate; spoiled; fussy
Characters in this word
气 qì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 气 — air, gas
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他小时候并不娇气，反而常被父母带到工地体验生活。 Tā xiǎoshíhou bìng bù jiāoqì, fǎn'ér cháng bèi fùmǔ dài dào gōngdì tǐyàn shēnghuó. He was not delicate as a child; on the contrary, his parents often took him to construction sites to experience life.
- 她从小娇气，一点苦也吃不了。 Tā cóngxiǎo jiāoqì, yì diǎn kǔ yě chī bù liǎo. She has been delicate since childhood and can't put up with any hardship.
- 这种花很娇气，浇水多了少了都不行。 Zhè zhǒng huā hěn jiāoqì, jiāo shuǐ duō le shǎo le dōu bù xíng. This flower is very delicate; too much or too little water won't do.