隧 suì
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 阝 place, town, city 遂 to fail
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
隧道
suìdào
tunnel
Characters in this word
道 dào
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 首 chief, head, leader
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条海底隧道贯通后，港口之间的通勤时间被压缩了一半。 Zhè tiáo hǎidǐ suìdào guàntōng hòu, gǎngkǒu zhījiān de tōngqín shíjiān bèi yāsuō le yíbàn. After this undersea tunnel was opened, the commuting time between the ports was cut in half.
- 火车穿过隧道时，车厢里的灯闪了几下。 Huǒchē chuānguò suìdào shí, chēxiāng lǐ de dēng shǎn le jǐ xià. When the train went through the tunnel, the lights in the carriage flickered a few times.
- 为了保护环境，这段山路从山下的隧道通过。 Wèile bǎohù huánjìng, zhè duàn shānlù cóng shānxià de suìdào tōngguò. To protect the environment, this stretch of mountain road passes through a tunnel at the foot of the hill.
Related words
- 知道 zhīdào to know
- 道 dào a measure word for long things
- 道理 dàolǐ reason; common sense
- 道路 dàolù road
- 味道 wèidào taste; smell
- 报道 bàodào to report; news report
- 难道 nándào really? (shows surprise)
- 街道 jiēdào street
- 道德 dàodé morals; morality
- 频道 píndào channel
- 打交道 dǎjiāodao to come into contact with, to deal with
- 地道 dìdao authentic, genuine