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jiàn

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jiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiàn | jian4
English translation
warship

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About jiàn

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

jiàn

Contains the radical

zhōu

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

ship

Etymology of jiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

舟见

Semantic compound

zhōu

Phonetic compound

jiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhōu represents the meaning and jiàn represents the sound. Simplified form of jiàn .

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Example sentences using jiàn

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下面 xià miàn , 哗哗 huā huā de 激浪 Jī làng 拍打 pāi da zhāo jiàn , xiàng pāi àn de 浪花 làng huā .

Below, noisy swells were breaking on the hull like surf.

经过 jīngguò zài 补给 bǔ jǐ 修理 xiūlǐ Hòu ,罗马 Luó mǎ 舰队 jiàn duì héng lán zhāo 地中海 Dì zhōng Hǎi

The Roman fleet after it had been revictualled and repaired stood right across the Mediterranean.

忽必烈 Hū bì liè hán 准备 zhǔnbèi le Zhī 庞大 pángdà de 舰队 jiàn duì jūn , lái 惩罚 chéngfá 这个 zhè ge 服从 fúcóng de 统治者 tǒng zhì zhě .

Kublai khan prepared a great fleet and army with which to punish the recalcitrant ruler.

如果 rúguǒ 需要 xūyào zhī 周旋 zhōu xuán de Shàn shì 战列舰 zhàn liè jiàn 第七 fēn 舰队 jiàn duì 类型 lèixíng de 军舰 jūn jiàn ,那么 nà me 它们 tā men 可能 kěnéng shì 无敌 wú dí de .

Reckoning only with Bat Div Seven types they might have been invincible.

sōu 海岸 hǎi àn 巡逻舰 làng 驶离 shǐ lí 海岸 hǎi àn .

A coast guard boat put out through the waves.

Words with jiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiàn warship jiàn
舰队 jiàn duì fleet艦隊
战舰 zhàn jiàn battleship戰艦
旗舰 qí jiàn flagship旗艦
舰长 jiàn zhǎng commander艦長
军舰 jūn jiàn warship軍艦
舰艇 jiàntǐng warship艦艇
驱逐舰 qū zhú jiàn destroyer (warship)驅逐艦
航空母舰 háng kōng mǔ jiàn aircraft carrier航空母艦
舰船 jiàn chuán warship艦船
巡洋舰 xún yáng jiàn cruiser (warship)巡洋艦
护卫舰 hù wèi jiàn corvette護衛艦
战列舰 zhàn liè jiàn battleship戰列艦
舰只 jiàn zhī warship艦隻
反舰导弹 fǎn jiàn dǎo dàn anti-ship missile反艦導彈
舰载机 jiàn zài jī carrier-based aircraft艦載機
舰载 jiàn zài ship-based艦載
舰桥 jiàn qiáo bridge艦橋
运输舰 yùn shū jiàn transport ship運輸艦
炮舰 pào jiàn gunboat砲艦
船舰 chuán jiàn navy vessel船艦

jiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiàn Decomposition

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