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支架

zhījià

support; bracket; stent; frame

A workman secures a bracket holding a solar panel
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Characters in this word

支 zhī

Strokes
4
Radical
支 — to support, to sustain
Made of
十 ten, tenth 又 and, also, again, in addition
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

架 jià

Strokes
9
Radical
木 — tree
Made of
加 to add to, to increase, to augment 木 tree
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 工程师重新设计支架,以便在强风中保持设备稳定。 Gōngchéngshī chóngxīn shèjì zhījià, yǐbiàn zài qiángfēng zhōng bǎochí shèbèi wěndìng. The engineer redesigned the support frame so that the equipment would remain stable in strong winds.
  • 老人做了心脏支架手术后,身体恢复得很好。 Lǎorén zuòle xīnzàng zhījià shǒushù hòu, shēntǐ huīfù de hěn hǎo. After the elderly man had a cardiac stent implanted, his health recovered very well.
  • 花藤沿着墙上的铁支架慢慢往上爬。 Huāténg yánzhe qiáng shàng de tiě zhījià mànmàn wǎng shàng pá. The flowering vine slowly climbs upward along the iron bracket on the wall.

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