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键 jiàn

lock, door bolt; key

Strokes
13
Level
HSK 4
Radical
钅
Traditional
鍵
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 钅建 ⿰钅建

Memory hint: metal

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  1. 这是问题的关键。
    Zhè shì wèntí de guānjiàn.
    This is the key to the problem.
    this is problem (particle) key
  2. 你的键盘坏了吗？
    Nǐ de jiànpán huài le ma?
    Is your keyboard broken?
    you (particle) keyboard broken (particle) (question)
  3. 你先检查一下键盘吧。
    Nǐ xiān jiǎnchá yíxià jiànpán ba.
    Check the keyboard first.
    you first check a-bit keyboard (particle)
  4. 这不是关键问题。
    Zhè bú shì guānjiàn wèntí.
    This isn't the key problem.
    this not is key problem
  5. 打字的时候，键盘发出了奇怪的声音。
    Dǎzì de shíhou, jiànpán fāchū le qíguài de shēngyīn.
    While typing, the keyboard made a strange sound.
    type (particle) time, keyboard emit (particle) strange (particle) sound

Words with 键 (3)