朝 cháo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 龺 sunlight 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
朝夕相处
zhāoxīxiāngchǔ
to spend all one's time together; to be in close daily contact
Characters in this word
夕 xī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
相 xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 目 — eye
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
处 chù
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 夂 — to go
- Made of
- 夂 to go 卜 divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 志愿者与当地老人朝夕相处后，才真正理解他们的孤独感。 Zhìyuànzhě yǔ dāngdì lǎorén zhāoxīxiāngchǔ hòu, cái zhēnzhèng lǐjiě tāmen de gūdúgǎn. Only after spending day and night with the local elderly did the volunteers truly understand their loneliness.
- 我们朝夕相处了四年，早就成了亲姐妹。 Wǒmen zhāoxīxiāngchǔle sì nián, zǎojiù chéngle qīn jiěmèi. After spending four years together day and night, we long ago became like real sisters.
- 这对同宿舍的室友朝夕相处，感情特别好。 Zhè duì tóng sùshè de shìyǒu zhāoxīxiāngchǔ, gǎnqíng tèbié hǎo. These roommates who live together day and night have an especially close bond.
Related words
- 朝 cháo toward
- 朝代 cháodài dynasty
- 王朝 wángcháo dynasty
- 有朝一日 yǒuzhāoyírì one day; someday
- 朝气蓬勃 zhāoqìpéngbó full of youthful energy; vigorous and energetic
- 朝三暮四 zhāosānmùsì to be fickle; to change one's mind constantly
- 除夕 chúxī Chinese New Year's Eve
- 前夕 qiánxī eve; on the eve of
- 夕阳 xīyáng setting sun; sunset
- 相同 xiāngtóng same
- 相信 xiāngxìn to believe; to trust
- 相机 xiàngjī camera