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结构

jié gòu · jie gou

Traditional 結構

HSK 4Old HSK 5Measure words: 座 zuò, 个 gè

Meaning

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  1. structure
  2. composition
  3. makeup
  4. architecture
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Writing a hard character

  1. Liangliang

    这个(zhège)想(xiǎng)字(zì)太(tài)难(nán)写(xiě)了(le)，我(wǒ)总是(zǒngshì)写错(xiěcuò)。

    This character 想 is too hard to write. I always get it wrong.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)先(xiān)看(kàn)结构(jiégòu)，上面(shàngmiàn)是(shì)相(xiāng)，下面(xiàmiàn)是(shì)心(xīn)。

    Look at the structure first. The top is 相 and the bottom is 心.

  3. Liangliang

    上下(shàngxià)结构(jiégòu)？那(nà)我(wǒ)先(xiān)写(xiě)上面(shàngmiàn)。

    A top-bottom structure? Then I write the top first.

  4. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，结构(jiégòu)清楚(qīngchu)了(le)，就(jiù)不(bù)容易(róngyì)错(cuò)。

    Right. Once the structure is clear, mistakes are less likely.

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)写好(xiěhǎo)了(le)！

    OK, I have written it!

  6. Dengdeng

    不对(bùduì)，你(nǐ)把(bǎ)心(xīn)写(xiě)在(zài)旁边(pángbiān)，成了(chéngle)左右(zuǒyòu)结构(jiégòu)！

    Wrong, you wrote 心 beside it. It became a left-right structure!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)把(bǎ)东(dōng)西(xi)拆(chāi)开(kāi)，看(kàn)看(kan)里(lǐ)面(miàn)的(de)结(jié)构(gòu)。

I like to take things apart to see what makes them tick.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

经(jīng)理(lǐ)打(dǎ)算(suàn)改(gǎi)良(liáng)公(gōng)司(sī)的(de)结(jié)构(gòu)。

The manager wants to improve the company's structuring.

Tatoeba: Chinese by eastasiastudent · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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