指 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 旨 aim, intention, purpose, will
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
指教
zhǐjiào
to give advice; to offer guidance
Characters in this word
教 jiāo
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 孝 filial piety, obedience 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这份方案仍不成熟，恳请各位专家批评指教。 Zhè fèn fāng'àn réng bù chéngshú, kěnqǐng gèwèi zhuānjiā pīpíng zhǐjiào. This proposal is still immature, and I sincerely ask all experts to criticise it and offer guidance.
- 请多多指教，我还很缺乏经验。 Qǐng duōduō zhǐjiào, wǒ hái hěn quēfá jīngyàn. Please give me plenty of guidance — I still lack experience.
- 我刚来这家公司，以后请各位前辈多多指教。 Wǒ gāng lái zhè jiā gōngsī, yǐhòu qǐng gèwèi qiánbèi duōduō zhǐjiào. I just joined this company, so I hope all the senior colleagues will kindly give me advice in the future.