结 jié
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 吉 lucky, propitious, good
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
结算
jiésuàn
to settle accounts; settlement
Characters in this word
算 suàn
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 具 tool, implement
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 项目结束后，财务部门需要按合同逐项结算，不能只看总金额。 Xiàngmù jiéshù hòu, cáiwù bùmén xūyào àn hétong zhúxiàng jiésuàn, bù néng zhǐ kàn zǒng jīn'é. After the project ends, the finance department needs to settle each item according to the contract, not just look at the total amount.
- 饭后我们一起去前台结算。 Fàn hòu wǒmen yìqǐ qù qiántái jiésuàn. After the meal we went to the front desk together to settle the bill.
- 工资每月月底结算一次。 Gōngzī měi yuè yuèdǐ jiésuàn yí cì. Wages are settled once a month at the end of the month.