义 yì
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
义工
yìgōng
volunteer
Characters in this word
工 gōng
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 工 — labor, work
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 许多义工在灾后重建中承担了物资登记和心理陪伴的工作。 Xǔduō yìgōng zài zāihòu chóngjiàn zhōng chéngdān le wùzī dēngjì hé xīnlǐ péibàn de gōngzuò. Many volunteers took on work registering supplies and providing emotional support during post-disaster reconstruction.
- 周末我去医院做义工，陪老人聊天、读报。 Zhōumò wǒ qù yīyuàn zuò yìgōng, péi lǎorén liáotiān, dú bào. On weekends I volunteer at the hospital, chatting with the elderly and reading newspapers to them.
- 她退休后成为一名义工，每周在图书馆帮忙。 Tā tuìxiū hòu chéngwéi yī míng yìgōng, měi zhōu zài túshūguǎn bāngmáng. After retiring she became a volunteer and helps at the library every week.
Related words
- 意义 yìyì meaning; significance
- 含义 hányì meaning
- 义务 yìwù duty; obligation
- 正义 zhèngyì justice
- 定义 dìngyì definition; to define
- 断章取义 duànzhāngqǔyì to quote out of context; to distort by taking out of context
- 顾名思义 gùmíngsīyì as the name implies; literally, to infer the meaning from the name
- 广义 guǎngyì broad sense; broad meaning
- 见利忘义 jiànlìwàngyì to forget morality at the sight of profit
- 见义勇为 jiànyìyǒngwéi to act bravely for a just cause
- 名义 míngyì name; nominal; pretext
- 社会主义 shèhuìzhǔyì socialism