逐 zhú
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 豕 pig, boar
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
逐年
zhúnián
year by year; annually
Characters in this word
年 nián
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 随着维护成本逐年上升，地方政府不得不重新评估这座桥梁的使用寿命。 Suízhe wéihù chéngběn zhúnián shàngshēng, dìfāng zhèngfǔ bùdébù chóngxīn pínggū zhè zuò qiáoliáng de shǐyòng shòumìng. As maintenance costs rise year by year, the local government has had to reassess the service life of the bridge.
- 这座城市的人口逐年增长，房价也跟着上涨。 Zhè zuò chéngshì de rénkǒu zhúnián zēngzhǎng, fángjià yě gēnzhe shàngzhǎng. The population of this city grows year by year, and housing prices rise along with it.
- 老人的身体状况逐年变差，家人十分担心。 Lǎorén de shēntǐ zhuàngkuàng zhúnián biàn chà, jiārén shífēn dānxīn. The old man's health worsens year by year, and his family worries a lot.
Related words
- 逐步 zhúbù step by step
- 逐渐 zhújiàn gradually
- 角逐 juézhú to compete; to contend
- 驱逐 qūzhú to expel; to drive out; to deport
- 逐一 zhúyī one by one; individually
- 追逐 zhuīzhú to chase; to pursue
- 半年 bànnián half a year
- 今年 jīnnián this year
- 明年 míngnián next year
- 年 nián year
- 去年 qùnián last year
- 新年 xīnnián New Year