Sentence #918115 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters
How 足以 is built
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足zúfoot; leg
足 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from a leg with a foot below: foot. You see it on the left of 跑 (pǎo) “run”, 跳 (tiào) “jump” and 踢 (tī) “kick”.
以yǐto use
以 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
How to write 足以
足 7 strokes · 以 4 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 足以 (zúyǐ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
足以 (zúyǐ) means “enough to” or “sufficient to”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zúyǐ: zú with a 2nd tone, then yǐ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 足以 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 足以 from the suggestions. Typing zuyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
足以 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
足zú2nd tone, rising
以yǐ3rd tone, dipping
