百叶窗

百葉窗

bǎiyèchuāng

noun #15,758

Meanings

1 blinds
2 shutter
3 venetian blinds

Characters

Examples

HSK 2

办公室的百叶窗坏了。

Bàngōngshì de bǎiyèchuāng huài le.

The office blinds are broken.

HSK 4

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.

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