巡 xún
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 巛 — stream, river
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 巛 stream, river
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
巡逻
xúnluó
to patrol
Characters in this word
逻 luó
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 罗 gauze, net
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 夜间巡逻并非走过场，而是防止港区仓库发生盗窃和火灾。 Yèjiān xúnluó bìngfēi zǒuguòchǎng, ér shì fángzhǐ gǎngqū cāngkù fāshēng dàoqiè hé huǒzāi. Night patrols are not a mere formality; they are meant to prevent theft and fires in the port warehouses.
- 保安每小时在商场里巡逻一次。 Bǎo'ān měi xiǎoshí zài shāngchǎng lǐ xúnluó yí cì. The guards patrol the shopping mall once every hour.
- 深夜里，公园的巡逻车慢慢开过安静的街道。 Shényè lǐ, gōngyuán de xúnluóchē mànmàn kāiguò ānjìng de jiēdào. Late at night, the park's patrol car slowly drives through the quiet streets.
Related words
- 巡回 xúnhuí to tour; to make a circuit
- 巡视 xúnshì to inspect; to make an inspection tour
- 逻辑 luóji logic
- 手枪 shǒuqiāng pistol; handgun
- 疏散 shūsàn to evacuate; to disperse; scattered
- 坦克 tǎnkè tank
- 应急 yìngjí emergency response; to respond to an emergency
- 炸弹 zhàdàn bomb
- 搜救 sōujiù search and rescue
- 炸药 zhàyào explosive; dynamite
- 营救 yíngjiù to rescue
- 武力 wǔlì force; military force