闲置
xiánzhì
to leave unused; to stand idle
Characters in this word
置 zhì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 罒 — net, network
- Made of
- 罒 net, network 直 straight, vertical
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果大量公共设施长期闲置，财政投入就很难向纳税人交代。 Rúguǒ dàliàng gōnggòng shèshī chángqī xiánzhì, cáizhèng tóurù jiù hěn nán xiàng nàshuìrén jiāodài. If large numbers of public facilities remain unused for a long time, the public spending becomes difficult to justify to taxpayers.
- 这台旧机器闲置了两年，今天终于派上用场。 Zhè tái jiù jīqì xiánzhì le liǎng nián, jīntiān zhōngyú pài shàng yòngchǎng. This old machine sat unused for two years; today it finally came in handy.
- 老家那块地一直闲置着，不如种点蔬菜吧。 Lǎojiā nà kuài dì yīzhí xiánzhì zhe, bùrú zhòng diǎn shūcài ba. That plot back home has been lying idle; why not plant some vegetables on it?
Related words
- 闲 xián free; idle
- 休闲 xiūxián leisure
- 空闲 kòngxián free, leisure; free time
- 闲话 xiánhuà gossip; idle talk; to gossip
- 悠闲 yōuxián leisurely; carefree
- 安置 ānzhì to settle; to arrange
- 布置 bùzhì to arrange; to assign
- 设置 shèzhì to set up; settings
- 位置 wèizhi position; place
- 装置 zhuāngzhì device
- 处置 chǔzhì to handle; to dispose of
- 放置 fàngzhì to place; to set; to put