笼 lóng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 龙 dragon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
笼统
lǒngtǒng
vague; general; sweeping
Characters in this word
统 tǒng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 充 to fill, to supply
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你的回答太笼统了，能不能说得具体一点？ Nǐ de huídá tài lǒngtǒng le, néng bu néng shuō de jùtǐ yìdiǎn? Your answer is too vague; could you be a bit more specific?
- 老师批评他的计划写得很笼统，没有时间表。 Lǎoshī pīpíng tā de jìhuà xiě de hěn lǒngtǒng, méiyǒu shíjiānbiǎo. The teacher criticised his plan for being too general, with no timetable.
- 笼统地说，这个城市的冬天又冷又干。 Lǒngtǒng de shuō, zhège chéngshì de dōngtiān yòu lěng yòu gān. Broadly speaking, winters in this city are cold and dry.
Related words
- 灯笼 dēnglong lantern
- 笼子 lóngzi cage
- 笼罩 lǒngzhào to envelop; to cover
- 传统 chuántǒng tradition; traditional
- 统计 tǒngjì to count; statistics
- 统一 tǒngyī to unite; to make consistent
- 系统 xìtǒng system
- 总统 zǒngtǒng president
- 统筹 tǒngchóu to plan as a whole; to coordinate
- 统统 tǒngtǒng all; entirely
- 统治 tǒngzhì to rule; to govern
- 生硬 shēngyìng stiff; unnatural