Chinese

修理

/ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
to repair; to fix; to mend
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese修 “to decorate; to embellish”
    • soundChinese攸 “place; place where”
      • ideaChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
      • ideaChinese攴 “to hit lightly; to tap”
    • meaningChinese彡 “hair”
  • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
    • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”

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