抗 kàng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 亢 high, proud
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
抗议
kàngyì
to protest; protest
Characters in this word
议 yì
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 义 right conduct, propriety
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 居民连续向市政部门抗议，因为夜间施工严重影响了社区休息。 Jūmín liánxù xiàng shìzhèng bùmén kàngyì, yīnwèi yèjiān shīgōng yánzhòng yǐngxiǎng le shèqū xiūxi. Residents repeatedly protested to the municipal authorities because night-time construction seriously disturbed the neighbourhood's rest.
- 顾客对涨价表示抗议，要求老板解释。 Gùkè duì zhǎngjià biǎoshì kàngyì, yāoqiú lǎobǎn jiěshì. Customers protested the price rise and demanded an explanation from the owner.
- 孩子们抗议说，作业太多了，他们没有时间玩。 Háizimen kàngyì shuō, zuòyè tài duō le, tāmen méiyǒu shíjiān wán. The children protested that there was too much homework and they had no time to play.
Related words
- 抵抗 dǐkàng to resist
- 对抗 duìkàng to confront, to oppose
- 反抗 fǎnkàng to resist; to rebel against
- 抗衡 kànghéng to contend with; to counterbalance
- 抗拒 kàngjù to resist; to defy
- 抗生素 kàngshēngsù antibiotic
- 抗争 kàngzhēng to resist; to struggle
- 会议 huìyì meeting
- 建议 jiànyì suggestion; to suggest
- 议论 yìlùn to discuss; to talk about
- 协议 xiéyì agreement
- 协议书 xiéyìshū contract