撰 zhuàn
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 巽 mild, modest, obedient
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
撰写
zhuànxiě
to write; to compose
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 这份报告由多名专家共同撰写，结论却保持了相当一致的逻辑。 Zhè fèn bàogào yóu duō míng zhuānjiā gòngtóng zhuànxiě, jiélùn què bǎochí le xiāngdāng yízhì de luójí. This report was jointly written by several experts, yet its conclusions maintain a fairly consistent logic.
- 他正在撰写一篇关于城市交通的论文，准备下个月提交。 Tā zhèngzài zhuànxiě yī piān guānyú chéngshì jiāotōng de lùnwén, zhǔnbèi xià gè yuè tíjiāo. He is writing a paper on urban transport and plans to submit it next month.
- 这本回忆录由一位资深记者撰写，内容真实感人。 Zhè běn huíyìlù yóu yī wèi zīshēn jìzhě zhuànxiě, nèiróng zhēnshí gǎnrén. This memoir was written by a veteran journalist, and its content is authentic and moving.
Related words
- 听写 tīngxiě dictation; to write from dictation
- 写 xiě to write
- 写作 xiězuò writing; to write
- 抄写 chāoxiě to copy out
- 描写 miáoxiě to describe
- 编写 biānxiě to write
- 书写 shūxiě to write
- 写照 xiězhào portrayal; vivid reflection
- 推敲 tuīqiāo to weigh and polish; to deliberate carefully
- 序言 xùyán preface; foreword
- 印章 yìnzhāng seal; stamp
- 序 xù order; sequence; preface