坎 kǎn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
坎坷
kǎnkě
rough; full of frustrations
Characters in this word
坷 kě
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位作家的早年经历极其坎坷，因此作品里常有强烈的流亡意识。 Zhè wèi zuòjiā de zǎonián jīnglì jíqí kǎnkě, yīncǐ zuòpǐn lǐ cháng yǒu qiángliè de liúwáng yìshí. This writer's early life was extremely rough, so his works often contain a strong sense of exile.
- 山路坎坷不平，汽车开得很慢。 Shānlù kǎnkě bù píng, qìchē kāi de hěn màn. The mountain road is bumpy and uneven, and the car drives very slowly.
- 她这一生走得很坎坷，却从来没有抱怨过。 Tā zhè yìshēng zǒu de hěn kǎnkě, què cónglái méiyǒu bàoyuàn guo. Her life has been full of hardships, yet she has never complained.
Related words
- 崎岖 qíqū rugged; rough; bumpy
- 跨越 kuàyuè to cross over; to span; to overcome
- 泥泞 nínìng muddy; miry
- 跨 kuà to step across; to stride over; to span
- 逆行 nìxíng to go against the traffic; to go against the normal direction
- 路径 lùjìng path; route
- 立交桥 lìjiāoqiáo flyover; overpass; interchange bridge
- 捷径 jiéjìng shortcut
- 缆车 lǎnchē cable car
- 路途 lùtú journey; route
- 客流 kèliú passenger flow; customer flow
- 路段 lùduàn section of road