口 kǒu
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
口头禅
kǒutóuchán
pet phrase; catchphrase
Characters in this word
头 tóu
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
- Made of
- ⺀ ice 大 big, great, vast, high, deep
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
禅 chán
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 单 single, individual, only
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他的口头禅就是没问题，不管什么事都这么说。 Tā de kǒutóuchán jiù shì méi wèntí, bùguǎn shénme shì dōu zhème shuō. His catchphrase is no problem, and he says it whatever the matter.
- 老师有一句口头禅，那就是再来一遍。 Lǎoshī yǒu yí jù kǒutóuchán, nà jiùshì zài lái yí biàn. The teacher has a pet phrase: once more.
- 我姐姐的口头禅是随便，每次问她吃什么都这样说。 Wǒ jiějie de kǒutóuchán shì suíbiàn, měi cì wèn tā chī shénme dōu zhèyàng shuō. My sister's catchphrase is whatever; she says it every time I ask what she wants to eat.