琐 suǒ
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 王 — king, ruler
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
琐碎
suǒsuì
trivial; fragmented; minor and miscellaneous
Characters in this word
碎 suì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 石 — stone, rock, mineral
- Made of
- 石 stone, rock, mineral 卒 soldier
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 行政流程被大量琐碎的表格拖慢，真正需要判断的问题反而被搁置。 Xíngzhèng liúchéng bèi dàliàng suǒsuì de biǎogé tuōmàn, zhēnzhèng xūyào pànduàn de wèntí fǎn'ér bèi gēzhì. Administrative procedures are slowed down by large numbers of trivial forms, while issues that truly require judgement are left aside.
- 她把琐碎的小事都记在笔记本上。 Tā bǎ suǒsuì de xiǎoshì dōu jì zài bǐjìběn shang. She writes down all the trivial little matters in her notebook.
- 别把时间浪费在琐碎的细节上吧。 Bié bǎ shíjiān làngfèi zài suǒsuì de xìjié shang ba. Don't waste time on trivial details.
Related words
- 碎 suì broken into pieces
- 粉碎 fěnsuì to crush; to shatter
- 零碎 língsuì fragmentary; odds and ends
- 破碎 pòsuì to shatter; to break into pieces; fragmented
- 稚嫩 zhìnèn young and inexperienced; immature; tender
- 微不足道 wēibùzúdào negligible; insignificant
- 拙劣 zhuōliè clumsy; inferior; poorly executed
- 无关紧要 wúguānjǐnyào irrelevant; unimportant
- 突兀 tūwù abrupt; out of place; jutting
- 微妙 wēimiào subtle; delicate
- 悬殊 xuánshū vastly different; large disparity
- 细微 xìwēi slight; subtle; tiny