裂缝
lièfèng
crack; fissure
Characters in this word
缝 féng
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 逢 to happen to meet
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 结构工程师发现桥墩上出现裂缝，立即建议暂停通行。 Jiégòu gōngchéngshī fāxiàn qiáodūn shàng chūxiàn lièfèng, lìjí jiànyì zàntíng tōngxíng. The structural engineer found cracks on the bridge pier and immediately recommended suspending traffic.
- 墙上出现了一道裂缝，房东答应明天找人来修。 Qiáng shàng chūxiàn le yí dào lièfèng, fángdōng dāyìng míngtiān zhǎo rén lái xiū. A crack appeared in the wall, and the landlord promised to send someone to fix it tomorrow.
- 冬天水管冻出了一条裂缝，家里到处都是水。 Dōngtiān shuǐguǎn dòng chū le yì tiáo lièfèng, jiālǐ dàochù dōu shì shuǐ. In winter the water pipe froze and developed a crack, and there was water everywhere in the house.
Related words
- 断裂 duànliè to fracture; to break
- 分裂 fēnliè to split; to divide
- 裂 liè to split; to crack
- 裂痕 lièhén crack; rift
- 破裂 pòliè to rupture; to break down; to split
- 裁缝 cáifeng tailor
- 缝 féng to sew; to stitch
- 缝合 fénghé to sew up; to stitch together; to suture
- 缝 fèng crack; gap; seam
- 间隙 jiànxì gap; interval
- 窟窿 kūlong hole; loophole; deficit
- 空隙 kòngxì gap; crevice