有条纹

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yǒutiáowén

adjective

Meanings

1 striped
2 having stripes

Characters

Examples

他穿了一件有条纹的衬衫。

Tā chuān le yí jiàn yǒu tiáowén de chènshān.

He wore a striped shirt.

这只猫有条纹，像小老虎。

Zhè zhī māo yǒu tiáowén, xiàng xiǎo lǎohǔ.

This cat has stripes — looks like a little tiger.

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grammar

Built from 有 (have) + 条纹 (stripes), so it functions like 'have-stripes' adjectivally. Often used attributively with 的: 有条纹的衬衫 'a striped shirt'. The plain 条纹 alone can also modify nouns: 条纹衬衫 reads more compact.

Stroke Order

有 yǒu

条 tiáo

纹 wén