纸 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 氏 clan, family
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
纸币
zhǐbì
banknote; paper currency
Characters in this word
币 bì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 随着移动支付普及，纸币的日常使用频率明显下降。 Suízhe yídòng zhīfù pǔjí, zhǐbì de rìcháng shǐyòng pínlǜ míngxiǎn xiàjiàng. With the spread of mobile payment, the everyday use of banknotes has clearly declined.
- 请用现金付款，我们这里只收纸币。 Qǐng yòng xiànjīn fùkuǎn, wǒmen zhèlǐ zhǐ shōu zhǐbì. Please pay in cash; we only accept banknotes here.
- 他从钱包里拿出一张纸币递给售货员。 Tā cóng qiánbāo lǐ ná chū yī zhāng zhǐbì dì gěi shòuhuòyuán. He took a banknote out of his wallet and handed it to the shop assistant.
Related words
- 报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper
- 纸 zhǐ paper
- 图纸 túzhǐ blueprint; technical drawing
- 锡纸 xīzhǐ tin foil; aluminium foil
- 纸上谈兵 zhǐshàngtánbīng to theorise idly; armchair strategy
- 人民币 rénmínbì Chinese yuan
- 货币 huòbì currency
- 外币 wàibì foreign currency
- 硬币 yìngbì coin
- 小费 xiǎofèi tip; gratuity
- 手头 shǒutóu resources at hand; on hand
- 数额 shù'é amount; sum of money