狭 xiá
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犭 — dog
- Made of
- 犭 dog 夹 to support
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
狭小
xiáxiǎo
narrow and small; cramped
Characters in this word
小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在如此狭小的空间里安装大型设备，必须重新设计通风方案。 Zài rúcǐ xiáxiǎo de kōngjiān lǐ ānzhuāng dàxíng shèbèi, bìxū chóngxīn shèjì tōngfēng fāng'àn. To install large equipment in such a cramped space, the ventilation plan must be redesigned.
- 他在那间狭小的房间里工作了整整十年。 Tā zài nà jiān xiáxiǎo de fángjiān lǐ gōngzuòle zhěngzhěng shí nián. He worked in that cramped room for ten full years.
- 老式电梯十分狭小，最多只能容纳四个人。 Lǎoshì diàntī shífēn xiáxiǎo, zuìduō zhǐ néng róngnà sì gè rén. Old-style elevators are very cramped and can hold four people at most.