If you don’t fold your clothes or hang them up, they’ll get creased.
Sentence #4262047 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted
How 皱纹 is built
Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.
皱zhòuto wrinkle
刍to mow · chúSound part
皮skin · píMeaning part
皮 hints at the meaning (skin); 刍 (chú) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhòu.
纹wénline; trace; mark; pattern; grain
纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
文script · wénSound part
纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 文 (wén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wén.
How to write 皱纹
皱 10 strokes · 纹 7 strokes
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Stroke order chart for 皱纹 (zhòuwén). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
皱纹 (zhòuwén) means “wrinkle”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhòuwén: zhòu with a 4th tone, then wén with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 皱纹 is written 皺紋. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 道 (dào). For example, one wrinkle is 一道皱纹 (yí dào zhòuwén).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhouwen with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 皱纹 from the suggestions. Typing zhouwen into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
皱纹 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.
皱zhòu4th tone, falling
纹wén2nd tone, rising
