周围 zhōuwéi

HSK level

Traditional form

周圍

Part of speech

Location word / 方位词 fāng wèi cí Fāngwèi cí

周 Zhōu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of engraved jade, now written as 琱 diāo . 口 kǒu (mouth) indicates that the character is only "mouthed", i.e. only used for its phonetic value. In simplified Chinese 周 Zhōu is also used to mean "week", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is

Positional decomposition

⿵冂 jiōng ⿱土口

Number of Strokes

围 Wéi

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 囗 wéi represents the meaning and 韦 wéi represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

韦 wéi

Semantic compound

囗 wéi

Positional decomposition

⿴囗韦

Number of Strokes

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周围 zhōuwéi 环境 huánjìng 极 jí 冷 Lěng .

The conditions were arctic.

血管 xuè guǎn 周围 zhōuwéi 细胞 xìbāo 的 de 营养 yíngyǎng 不足 bùzú ,引起 yǐnqǐ 外 wài 膜 mó 的 de 变性 biàn xìng .

Inadequate cell nutrition around vessels causes degeneration of tunica adventitia.

又 yòu 把 bǎ 眼睛 yǎnjing 向 Xiàng 四面 sì miàn 看 kān ,周围 zhōuwéi 是 shì 阴沉沉 yīn chén chén 的 de .

After a moment , she looked around . Everything was dim and dark.

他们 tā men 划出一 yī 小 xiǎo 块 kuài 地皮 dì pí 用于 yòng yú 建造 jiàn zào 儿童 értóng 游乐场 yóu lè chǎng ,并 bìng 在 zài 周围 zhōuwéi 打 dá 上 shǎng 了 le 木桩 mù zhuāng .

They've set aside a small area as a children's playground and staked it off.

周围 zhōuwéi 静悄悄 jìng qiāo qiāo 的 de ,我 wǒ 能 Néng 听到 tīng dào 自己 zìjǐ 的 de 手表 shǒubiǎo 滴 dī 答 dā 滴答 dī dā 地响着 zhāo .

It was so quiet I could hear my wristwatch ticking away.

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 周围 zhōuwéi and their own compounds.

周 Zhōu

吉 Jí

士 Shì , 口 kǒu

冂 jiōng

围 Wéi

韦 wéi , 囗 wéi

See all 36 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 周围 zhōuwéi in their composition.

周 Zhōu

调 diào , 雕 diāo , 绸 chóu , 凋 diāo , 碉 diāo , 稠 chóu , 鲷 diāo , 倜 tì , 惆 chóu , 啁 zhāo , 婤 zhōu , 琱 diāo , 禂 dǎo , 蜩 tiáo , 裯 chóu , 赒 zhōu , 騆 zhōu , 奝, 徟, 晭, 淍, 皗, 睭, 綢 chóu , 翢, 調 diào , 賙 zhōu , 輖, 週 zhōu , 郮, 錭, 霌, 鯛 diāo , 鵰 diāo

围 Wéi

涠 wéi

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