领袖
lǐngxiù
leader
Characters in this word
袖 xiù
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 由 cause, reason
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 好的领袖会倾听大家的想法，而不是只听自己的。 Hǎo de lǐngxiù huì qīngtīng dàjiā de xiǎngfǎ, ér bú shì zhǐ tīng zìjǐ de. A good leader listens to everyone's ideas rather than only to their own.
- 她是这个学生社团的领袖，同学们都愿意跟着她。 Tā shì zhège xuésheng shètuán de lǐngxiù, tóngxuémen dōu yuànyì gēn zhe tā. She is the leader of this student club, and her classmates are all willing to follow her.
- 这位老师是我们心中的精神领袖。 Zhè wèi lǎoshī shì wǒmen xīnzhōng de jīngshén lǐngxiù. This teacher is the spiritual leader in our hearts.
Related words
- 本领 běnlǐng skill; ability
- 带领 dàilǐng to lead; to guide
- 领 lǐng to receive; to lead
- 领导 lǐngdǎo leader
- 领先 lǐngxiān to lead; to be ahead
- 领带 lǐngdài tie
- 率领 shuàilǐng to lead
- 占领 zhànlǐng to occupy
- 白领 báilǐng white-collar worker
- 纲领 gānglǐng programme; guiding principles; platform
- 领队 lǐngduì to lead a team; team leader
- 领会 lǐnghuì to understand; to grasp