芯 xīn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 心 heart
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
芯片
xīnpiàn
chip; microchip
Characters in this word
片 piàn
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 片 — slice, splinter
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 高端芯片供应受限后，企业不得不重新规划国产替代路线。 Gāoduān xīnpiàn gōngyìng shòuxiàn hòu, qǐyè bùdébù chóngxīn guīhuà guóchǎn tìdài lùxiàn. After the supply of high-end chips became restricted, companies had to replan their domestic substitution strategies.
- 手机里的芯片越来越小，功能却越来越强。 Shǒujī lǐ de xīnpiàn yuèláiyuè xiǎo, gōngnéng què yuèláiyuè qiáng. The chips inside phones are getting smaller and smaller, yet more and more powerful.
- 这家工厂每天能生产几千个芯片。 Zhè jiā gōngchǎng měitiān néng shēngchǎn jǐ qiān ge xīnpiàn. This factory can produce several thousand chips a day.