忠 zhōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 心 — heart
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
忠告
zhōnggào
advice; sincere warning
Characters in this word
告 gào
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 导师的忠告虽然听起来严厉，却帮助他避开了许多学术上的弯路。 Dǎoshī de zhōnggào suīrán tīngqǐlái yánlì, què bāngzhù tā bìkāi le xǔduō xuéshù shàng de wānlù. Although his supervisor's advice sounded stern, it helped him avoid many academic detours.
- 医生的忠告是少熬夜，多运动。 Yīshēng de zhōnggào shì shǎo áoyè, duō yùndòng. The doctor's advice was to stay up late less and exercise more.
- 作为朋友，我必须忠告你几句。 Zuòwéi péngyou, wǒ bìxū zhōnggào nǐ jǐ jù. As a friend, I must give you a few words of advice.
Related words
- 忠诚 zhōngchéng loyal; faithful
- 忠实 zhōngshí faithful; loyal; true to
- 忠心 zhōngxīn loyalty; devotion
- 忠于 zhōngyú to be loyal to; to stay true to
- 忠贞 zhōngzhēn loyal and steadfast; faithful
- 告诉 gàosu to tell
- 广告 guǎnggào advertisement
- 报告 bàogào report; speech
- 告别 gàobié to say goodbye
- 转告 zhuǎngào to pass on a message
- 公告 gōnggào official notice
- 警告 jǐnggào to warn; warning