肖像 (xiàoxiàng) — portrait

Characters in this word

Strokes: 7
Radical: ⺼ — meat, flesh
Made of: ⺌ small ⺼ meat, flesh
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Strokes: 13
Radical: 亻 — man, person
Made of: 亻 man, person 象 elephant
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

博物馆展出的那幅肖像并不追求写实，而是强调人物内心的矛盾。 Bówùguǎn zhǎnchū de nà fú xiàoxiàng bìng bù zhuīqiú xiěshí, ér shì qiángdiào rénwù nèixīn de máodùn. The portrait displayed in the museum does not pursue realism, but emphasises the subject's inner contradictions.
画家用了一个月为老教授画肖像，神态十分传神。 Huàjiā yòng le yī gè yuè wèi lǎo jiàoshòu huà xiàoxiàng, shéntài shífēn chuánshén. The painter spent a month on the portrait of an old professor, capturing his expression vividly.
他把年轻时拍下的肖像挂在书房，提醒自己珍惜时光。 Tā bǎ niánqīng shí pāi xià de xiàoxiàng guà zài shūfáng, tíxǐng zìjǐ zhēnxī shíguāng. He hung a portrait of his younger self in the study to remind himself to cherish time.