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支柱 zhīzhù

支柱 zhīzhù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 支柱 zhīzhù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhīzhù | zhi1 zhu4
English translation
mainstay
pillar
prop
backbone

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Traditional form

支柱 zhīzhù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 支柱 zhīzhù

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Zhī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand ( yòu ) lifting a piece of bamboo ().

Positional decomposition

十又

Number of Strokes

4
zhù

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhǔ represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

zhǔ

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

木主

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 支柱 zhīzhù

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zhè zuò 平台 píng tái yāo yòng liù gēn 支柱 zhīzhù cái Néng 稳固 wěn gù .

The deck will need six standards to make It'secure.

不久 bù jiǔ jiù huì 成为 chéngwéi 英格兰队 de 支柱 zhīzhù

He will shortly become the fulcrum of the England team.

仍然 réngrán shì 维系 wéi xì 该国脆弱 cuìruò de 政治 zhèngzhì 平衡 pínghéng de 支柱 zhīzhù

He remains the anchor of the country's fragile political balance.

救援 jiù yuán 人员 rényuán yòng 支柱 zhīzhù 防止 fángzhǐ 隧道 suìdào dǐng 塌陷 tā xiàn

Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing.

支柱 zhīzhù Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 支柱 zhīzhù and their own compounds.

支柱 zhīzhù Compounds

See all 68 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 支柱 zhīzhù in their composition.

  • Zhī
      • , , fén , táo , , chāng , gāo , , dōng , , , , ,
    • sǒu
      • sōu , sōu , shòu , sǎo , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sǒu , sōu , , sōu , , , , , , , sōu , 餿 sōu ,
    • , , zhī , chì , zhī , , zhī , , , shì , guǐ , zhì , guì , , , , , zhī , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • zhù
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