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zhēng

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zhēng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēng | zheng1
English translation
guzheng, zither, string instrument

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About zhēng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhēng

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of zhēng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮争

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

zhēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and zhēng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhēng .

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Example sentences using zhēng

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富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng de 故事 gùshì 已经 yǐjīng 家喻户晓 jiāyùhùxiǎo .

The story of Franklin's kite is known everywhere.

经常 jīngcháng 提到 tí dào de 次欠考虑 kǎolǜ de 实验 shíyàn shì 本杰明 Běn jié míng ?富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín zuò 的著 míng de zài 雷雨 léi yǔ Zhōng fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng 实验 shíyàn .

An unwise experiment which is often mentioned is Benjamin Franklin's famous kite in a thunderstorm.

经常 jīngcháng 提到 tí dào de qiàn 考虑的实验 shíyàn shì 本杰明 Běn jié míng ·富兰克林 Fù lán kè lín zuò 的著 míng de zài 雷雨 léi yǔ Zhōng fàng 风筝 fēng zhēng 实验 shíyàn .

An unwise experiment which is often mentioned is Benjamin Franklin's famous kite in a understorm.

zhǐ 风筝 fēng zhēng 悬挂 xuánguà zài 电话线 diàn huà xiàn shǎng 晃来晃.

A kite dangles from a telephone wire.

āi , 哈克, bāng Xiū Guò 风筝 fēng zhēng , Huán 帮我鱼钩 yú gōu 系在竿子 gān zi shǎng .

" Well, he's mended kites for me, Huck, and knitted hooks on to my line.

Words with zhēng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
风筝 fēng zhēng kite風箏
古筝 gǔ zhēng zither or guzheng古箏
zhēng Japanese koto zhēng
断线风筝 duàn xiàn fēng zhēng a kite with cut string (idiom); fig. gone beyond recall斷線風箏

zhēng Decomposition & Compounds

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