私 sī
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 禾 — cereal, grain, rice
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 厶 private, secret
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
私家车
sījiāchē
private car
Characters in this word
家 jiā
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 许多城市通过限制私家车进城来缓解早晚高峰的拥堵。 Xǔduō chéngshì tōngguò xiànzhì sījiāchē jìn chéng lái huǎnjiě zǎowǎn gāofēng de yōngdǔ. Many cities ease rush-hour congestion by restricting private cars from entering the city centre.
- 现在很多家庭都有私家车，周末开车出游很方便。 Xiànzài hěnduō jiātíng dōu yǒu sījiāchē, zhōumò kāichē chūyóu hěn fāngbiàn. Nowadays many families own a private car, so driving out for a weekend trip is very convenient.
- 市中心停车位太少，不少私家车只能停在路边。 Shìzhōngxīn tíngchēwèi tài shǎo, bùshǎo sījiāchē zhǐ néng tíng zài lùbiān. Parking spaces in the city centre are too few, so quite a few private cars can only park along the roadside.
Related words
- 私人 sīrén private; personal
- 隐私 yǐnsī privacy
- 大公无私 dàgōngwúsī selfless; impartial and public-spirited
- 私立 sīlì private; privately run
- 私事 sīshì private matter; personal affair
- 私下 sīxià privately; in private
- 私营 sīyíng private; privately operated
- 私有 sīyǒu privately owned; private ownership
- 私自 sīzì without permission; on one's own authority
- 无私 wúsī selfless
- 自私 zìsī selfish
- 走私 zǒusī to smuggle