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
精密
jīngmì
precise; exact; sophisticated
Characters in this word
密 mì
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宓 quiet, silent, still 山 mountain, hill, peak
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 为了测量细胞内部的变化，实验室引进了一套极为精密的成像设备。 Wèile cèliáng xìbāo nèibù de biànhuà, shíyànshì yǐnjìn le yí tào jíwéi jīngmì de chéngxiàng shèbèi. To measure changes inside cells, the laboratory introduced an extremely precise imaging device.
- 手表里有很多精密的小零件，一点误差都不能有。 Shǒubiǎo lǐ yǒu hěn duō jīngmì de xiǎo língjiàn, yìdiǎn wùchā dōu bù néng yǒu. A watch contains many precise tiny parts, and there can be no error at all.
- 工程师正在调试一台精密的机器。 Gōngchéngshī zhèngzài tiáoshì yì tái jīngmì de jīqì. The engineer is calibrating a precision machine.
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