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虚拟

xūnǐ

virtual; to simulate

An engineer tests a building design on a large screen in a virtual environment
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Characters in this word

虚 xū

Strokes
11
Radical
虍 — tiger
Made of
虍 tiger 业 business, profession
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 虚

拟 nǐ

Strokes
7
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 以 according to
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 工程师先在虚拟环境中测试方案,以避免现实操作造成损失。 Gōngchéngshī xiān zài xūnǐ huánjìng zhōng cèshì fāng'àn, yǐ bìmiǎn xiànshí cāozuò zàochéng sǔnshī. Engineers first test the plan in a virtual environment to avoid losses caused by real-world operations.
  • 这个游戏里的虚拟世界做得非常逼真。 Zhège yóuxì lǐ de xūnǐ shìjiè zuò de fēicháng bīzhēn. The virtual world in this game is made extremely realistic.
  • 科学家用虚拟模型来预测气候的变化。 Kēxuéjiā yòng xūnǐ móxíng lái yùcè qìhòu de biànhuà. Scientists use virtual models to predict climate change.

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