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tuó

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tuó Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuó | tuo2
English translation
steep bank, rough terrain

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About tuó

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

tuó

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

hill

Etymology of tuó

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

阝它

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tuó

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陀螺 tuó luó 转得 dìng zhù le . ( dāng 陀螺转得 hěn kuài , hěn 平稳 píng wěn shí ,看上去 kàn shang qu 就象静止 jìng zhǐ dòng 一样 yīyàng )

The top sleeps [ is asleep ].

Words with tuó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tuó (phonetic) tuó
陀螺 tuó luó spinning top陀螺 tuó luó
阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó Amitabha Buddha阿彌陀佛
佛陀 Fó tuó Buddha (a person who has attained Buddhahood, or specifically Siddhartha Gautama)佛陀 Fó tuó
直布罗陀 Zhí bù luó tuó Gibraltar直布羅陀
普陀 Pǔ tuó Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市 Zhōu shān shì [Zhōu​shān​shì], Zhejiang普陀 Pǔ tuó
普陀区 Pǔ tuó qū Putuo district, central Shanghai普陀區
比勒陀利亚 Bǐ lè tuó lì yà Pretoria, capital of South Africa比勒陀利亞
普陀山 Pǔ tuó shān Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 Zhōu shān shì in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 Guān yīn (Avalokiteśvara)普陀山 Pǔ tuó shān
弥陀 Mí tuó abbr. for 阿彌陀佛|阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó 彌陀
陀螺仪 tuó luó yì gyroscope陀螺儀
直布罗陀海峡 Zhí bù luó tuó Hǎi xiá Strait of Gibraltar直布羅陀海峽
盘陀 pán tuó twisted盤陀
盘陀路 pán tuó lù twisting path盤陀路

tuó Decomposition & Compounds

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