集 jí
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 隹 — short-tailed bird
- Made of
- 隹 short-tailed bird 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
集装箱
jízhuāngxiāng
shipping container; container
Characters in this word
箱 xiāng
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 相 mutual, reciprocal
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 由于港口拥堵，数百个集装箱滞留码头，影响了下游生产。 Yóuyú gǎngkǒu yōngdǔ, shù bǎi ge jízhuāngxiāng zhìliú mǎtóu, yǐngxiǎng le xiàyóu shēngchǎn. Because of port congestion, hundreds of containers were stranded at the docks, affecting downstream production.
- 码头上堆着一排排红色和绿色的集装箱。 Mǎtóu shang duīzhe yì pái pái hóngsè hé lǜsè de jízhuāngxiāng. Rows of red and green containers are stacked on the dock.
- 这个旧集装箱被改造成了一间小咖啡馆。 Zhège jiù jízhuāngxiāng bèi gǎizào chéng le yì jiān xiǎo kāfēiguǎn. This old container was turned into a small café.
Related words
- 集体 jítǐ group
- 集中 jízhōng to concentrate
- 集合 jíhé to gather
- 集团 jítuán business group
- 收集 shōují to collect
- 采集 cǎijí to collect, to gather
- 聚集 jùjí to gather
- 密集 mìjí to concentrate; dense
- 搜集 sōují to collect
- 筹集 chóují to raise; to collect
- 汇集 huìjí to collect; to gather together
- 集会 jíhuì to assemble; assembly; rally