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局部

júbù

part; local; partial

HSK 8 · Topic “Boundaries and zones”
A magnifying glass over one part of a large leaf shows detail
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Characters in this word

局 jú

Strokes
7
Radical
尸 — body, corpse
Made of
尺 ruler, tape-measure 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

部 bù

Strokes
10
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
咅 to spit out 阝 place, town, city
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 局部改革若缺乏整体配套，往往难以产生持久效果。 Júbù gǎigé ruò quēfá zhěngtǐ pèitào, wǎngwǎng nányǐ chǎnshēng chíjiǔ xiàoguǒ. Partial reforms, if lacking overall supporting measures, often find it hard to produce lasting results.
  • 这张照片只拍到了猫的局部。 Zhè zhāng zhàopiàn zhǐ pāidào le māo de júbù. This photo only captured part of the cat.
  • 医生说只需要对手臂的局部进行治疗。 Yīshēng shuō zhǐ xūyào duì shǒubì de júbù jìnxíng zhìliáo. The doctor said only a local area of the arm needs treatment.

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