扇形

shànxíng
noun #36,414

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sector (geometry)
  2. 2 fan shape
  3. 3 fan-shaped

Examples

Qǐng jìsuàn zhège shànxíng de miànjī.
Please calculate the area of this sector.
Guǎngchǎng shàng bǎi chéng shànxíng de zuòyǐ hěn tèbié.
The fan-shaped seats arranged in the plaza are quite unique.

Tips

memory
(shàn) means 'fan' (the hand-held kind) and (xíng) means 'shape' — literally 'fan-shape'. Picture a folding fan opened up and you have the geometry textbook's sector.

Stroke Order

shān
xíng