欣 xīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
欣欣向荣
xīnxīnxiàngróng
thriving; flourishing
Characters in this word
向 xiàng
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
荣 róng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 春天来了，田野里一片欣欣向荣的景象。 Chūntiān lái le, tiányě lǐ yīpiàn xīnxīnxiàngróng de jǐngxiàng. Spring has come, and the fields present a scene of thriving, flourishing growth.
- 近年来这座小城的旅游业欣欣向荣，游客越来越多。 Jìnniánlái zhè zuò xiǎochéng de lǚyóuyè xīnxīnxiàngróng, yóukè yuèláiyuè duō. In recent years tourism in this small city has been thriving, with more and more visitors.
- 这几年村里的电商生意欣欣向荣，年轻人纷纷回乡创业。 Zhè jǐ nián cūnlǐ de diànshāng shēngyì xīnxīnxiàngróng, niánqīngrén fēnfēn huí xiāng chuàngyè. Over the past few years the village's online-trade business has flourished, and young people have been returning home to start their own ventures.