邮 yóu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 由 cause, reason 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
邮政
yóuzhèng
postal service; postal administration
Characters in this word
政 zhèng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 正 straight, right, proper, correct, just, true 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 偏远地区的邮政服务仍然承担着重要的公共职能。 Piānyuǎn dìqū de yóuzhèng fúwù réngrán chéngdān zhe zhòngyào de gōnggòng zhínéng. Postal services in remote areas still perform important public functions.
- 他大学毕业后在邮政局找到了一份工作。 Tā dàxué bìyè hòu zài yóuzhèngjú zhǎodàole yī fèn gōngzuò. After graduating from university, he found a job at the postal administration.
- 随着网购越来越流行，邮政的业务量也越来越大。 Suízhe wǎnggòu yuèláiyuè liúxíng, yóuzhèng de yèwù liàng yě yuèláiyuè dà. As online shopping grows more popular, the postal service's workload keeps increasing.
Related words
- 电子邮件 diànzǐyóujiàn email
- 邮件 yóujiàn email; mail
- 邮票 yóupiào postage stamp
- 邮箱 yóuxiāng mailbox
- 邮局 yóujú post office
- 邮编 yóubiān postal code; postcode
- 政府 zhèngfǔ government
- 政治 zhèngzhì politics
- 政策 zhèngcè policy
- 财政 cáizhèng public finance; fiscal affairs
- 家政 jiāzhèng housekeeping services; domestic services
- 行政 xíngzhèng administration; administrative