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硬币

yìngbì

coin

A child tosses a coin into a wishing fountain
Memory picture

Characters in this word

硬 yìng

Strokes
12
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
石 stone, rock, mineral 更 more, further
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

币 bì

Strokes
4
Radical
巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 币

Example phrases

  • 孩子把一枚硬币投入许愿池,认真地闭上眼睛。 Háizi bǎ yì méi yìngbì tóurù xǔyuànchí, rènzhēn de bì shàng yǎnjing. The child dropped a coin into the wishing pool and closed his eyes solemnly.
  • 自动售货机坏了,只收一元硬币。 Zìdòng shòuhuòjī huài le, zhǐ shōu yī yuán yìngbì. The vending machine is broken; it only accepts one-yuan coins.
  • 他从口袋里掏出一枚硬币,放在收银台上。 Tā cóng kǒudài li tāo chū yì méi yìngbì, fàng zài shōuyíntái shàng. He took a coin out of his pocket and placed it on the checkout counter.

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