精 jīng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 米 — rice, millet, grain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
精打细算
jīngdǎxìsuàn
to budget carefully; to calculate meticulously
Characters in this word
打 dǎ
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 丁 nail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
细 xì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 田 field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
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
- 她每个月都精打细算，从来不乱花一分钱。 Tā měi ge yuè dōu jīngdǎxìsuàn, cónglái bù luàn huā yì fēn qián. Every month she budgets carefully and never wastes a single cent.
- 买菜的时候，妈妈总是精打细算，货比三家。 Mǎi cài de shíhou, māma zǒngshì jīngdǎxìsuàn, huò bǐ sān jiā. When she buys vegetables, mum always counts every penny and compares prices at several shops.
- 开小店要精打细算，不然很容易亏本。 Kāi xiǎo diàn yào jīngdǎxìsuàn, bùrán hěn róngyì kuīběn. Running a small shop requires careful calculation, otherwise it is easy to lose money.
Related words
- 精彩 jīngcǎi wonderful; exciting
- 精神 jīngshén spirit
- 精神 jīngshen energetic
- 精力 jīnglì energy
- 精美 jīngměi exquisite, delicate
- 精确 jīngquè accurate, precise
- 精通 jīngtōng to master, be proficient in
- 精心 jīngxīn meticulously, carefully
- 精致 jīngzhì delicate, refined
- 精准 jīngzhǔn accurate, precise
- 酒精 jiǔjīng alcohol
- 博大精深 bódàjīngshēn broad and profound