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周到 zhōudào

周到 zhōudào Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 周到 zhōudào .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhōudào | zhou1 dao4
English translation
thoughtful
considerate
attentive
thorough
also pr. [zhōu dao]

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Traditional form

周到 zhōudào

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 周到 zhōudào

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Zhōu

Type

ideographic

Explanation

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

Positional decomposition

jiōng 土口

Number of Strokes

8
dào

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhì represents the meaning and dāo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

dāo

Semantic compound

zhì

Positional decomposition

至刂

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 周到 zhōudào

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xiǎng zhēn 周到 zhōudào , gěi 明信片 míng xìn piàn .

It was very considerate of you to send me a postcard.

道格拉斯 Dào gé lā sī ràng rén 捉摸不透体贴 tǐtiē 周到 zhōudào duì 女孩子 nǚ hái zi 颇为 pō wéi 殷勤 yīn qín 而且 érqiě 慷慨大方

Douglas was a complex man, thoughtful, gallant, and generous.

周到 zhōudào Decomposition

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周到 zhōudào Compounds

See all 38 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 周到 zhōudào in their composition.

  • Zhōu
    • diào , diāo , chóu , diāo , diāo , chóu , diāo , , chóu , zhāo , zhōu , diāo , dǎo , tiáo , chóu , zhōu , zhōu , , , , , , , chóu , , 調 diào , zhōu , , zhōu , , , , diāo , diāo
  • dào
    • dǎo , ,
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