境 jìng
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
境遇
jìngyù
circumstances; situation; plight
Characters in this word
遇 yù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 禺 district
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 同样的政策在不同地区会产生不同影响，因为居民的境遇并不相同。 Tóngyàng de zhèngcè zài bùtóng dìqū huì chǎnshēng bùtóng yǐngxiǎng, yīnwèi jūmín de jìngyù bìng bù xiāngtóng. The same policy can have different effects in different regions because residents' circumstances are not the same.
- 虽然境遇不同，他们却成了好朋友。 Suīrán jìngyù bùtóng, tāmen què chéng le hǎo péngyou. Although their circumstances were different, they became good friends.
- 她很同情那位境遇悲惨的老人。 Tā hěn tóngqíng nà wèi jìngyù bēicǎn de lǎorén. She felt great sympathy for the old man in such a miserable plight.
Related words
- 环境 huánjìng environment; surroundings
- 边境 biānjìng border area
- 出境 chūjìng to leave the country
- 入境 rùjìng to enter a country
- 处境 chǔjìng predicament; situation
- 过境 guòjìng to transit; to pass through a border
- 家境 jiājìng family financial situation; family background
- 境地 jìngdì situation; plight; circumstances
- 境界 jìngjiè realm; state; level of attainment
- 境内 jìngnèi within the borders; within the territory
- 境外 jìngwài outside the territory; overseas
- 困境 kùnjìng predicament; difficult situation