百叶窗

百葉窗

bǎiyèchuāng

noun #15,758

Meanings

1 blinds
2 shutter
3 venetian blinds

Characters

Examples

把百叶窗关上，太阳太刺眼了。

Bǎ bǎiyèchuāng guānshàng, tàiyáng tài cìyǎn le.

Close the blinds, the sun is too glaring.

办公室的百叶窗坏了。

Bàngōngshì de bǎiyèchuāng huài le.

The office blinds are broken.

Tips

memory

百叶 literally means 'hundred leaves/blades' — picture the many parallel slats of a venetian blind, like a hundred thin leaves stacked together. 窗 = window.

Stroke Order

百 bǎi

叶 yè

窗 chuāng