椭 tuǒ
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- Made of
- 木 tree 陏 to accompany, to follow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
椭圆
tuǒyuán
ellipse; oval
Characters in this word
圆 yuán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 囗 — enclosure
- Made of
- 囗 enclosure 员 employee
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这颗行星的运行轨道并非正圆，而是一个偏心率较小的椭圆。 Zhè kē xíngxīng de yùnxíng guǐdào bìngfēi zhèngyuán, ér shì yí ge piānxīnlǜ jiào xiǎo de tuǒyuán. The orbit of this planet is not a perfect circle, but an ellipse with a relatively small eccentricity.
- 这个水池是椭圆的，孩子们最喜欢在里面玩耍。 Zhège shuǐchí shì tuǒyuán de, háizimen zuì xǐhuan zài lǐmiàn wánshuā. This pool is oval, and the children most enjoy playing in it.
- 体育场的跑道是一个大椭圆，运动员沿着它跑步。 Tǐyùchǎng de pǎodào shì yí ge dà tuǒyuán, yùndòngyuán yánzhe tā pǎobù. The stadium's track is a big oval, and athletes run along it.
Related words
- 圆 yuán round
- 圆满 yuánmǎn successful
- 汤圆 tāngyuán sweet dumplings, Tangyuan
- 团圆 tuányuán to reunite
- 方圆 fāngyuán circumference; within a radius; surrounding area
- 外在 wàizài external; outward
- 凸 tū convex; protruding
- 袖珍 xiùzhēn pocket-sized; miniature
- 筒 tǒng tube; cylinder
- 微型 wēixíng miniature; micro-
- 直径 zhíjìng diameter
- 微观 wēiguān microscopic; micro-level