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站立

zhànlì

to stand; to stand upright

A person standing upright beside a small hourglass
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Characters in this word

站 zhàn

Strokes
10
Radical
立 — to stand
Made of
立 to stand 占 to divine
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

立 lì

Strokes
5
Radical
立 — to stand
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 长时间站立会加重腿部负担,因此工厂重新设计了岗位轮换制度。 Cháng shíjiān zhànlì huì jiāzhòng tuǐbù fùdān, yīncǐ gōngchǎng chóngxīn shèjì le gǎngwèi lúnhuàn zhìdù. Standing for long periods increases the burden on the legs, so the factory redesigned its job-rotation system.
  • 手术后的病人需要在护士搀扶下慢慢练习站立。 Shǒushù hòu de bìngrén xūyào zài hùshi chānfú xià mànmàn liànxí zhànlì. After surgery, the patient needs to slowly practise standing with the nurse's support.
  • 地铁上人太多,我只能一路站立到终点站。 Dìtiě shàng rén tài duō, wǒ zhǐ néng yílù zhànlì dào zhōngdiǎnzhàn. The subway was too crowded, so I had to stand the whole way to the last stop.

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