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cén

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cén Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cén | cen2
English translation
steep, precipitous; peak

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About cén

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

cén

Contains the radical

Shān

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

mountain

Etymology of cén

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

山今

Semantic compound

Shān

Phonetic compound

jīn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shān represents the meaning and jīn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using cén

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萨拉 cén 成为 chéngwéi le 首位 shǒu wèi 高尔夫 gāo ěr fū 四大 sì dà 满贯 mǎn guàn sài 冠军 guànjūn

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Words with cén

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cén surname Cen cén
岑溪 Cén xī Cenxi county level city in Wuzhou 梧州 Wú zhōu [Wú​zhōu], Guangxi岑溪 Cén xī
岑巩县 Cén gǒng xiàn Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州 Qián dōng nán zhōu [Qián​dōng​nán​zhōu], Guizhou岑鞏縣
岑巩 Cén gǒng Cengong county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州 Qián dōng nán zhōu [Qián​dōng​nán​zhōu], Guizhou岑鞏
岑彭 Cén Péng Cen Peng (died 35 AD), Chinese general岑彭 Cén Péng
岑溪市 Cén xī shì Cenxi county level city in Wuzhou 梧州 Wú zhōu [Wú​zhōu], Guangxi岑溪市 Cén xī shì

cén Decomposition & Compounds

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