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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
bā | ba1
English translation
denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
trumpet

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口八

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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所有 suǒyǒu 喇叭 lǎba dōu jiē zài 单一 dān yī de 扩音器 kuò yīn qì shǎng .

All the speakers hook up to a single amplifier.

喇叭 lǎba jiào zhāo 他们 tā men de 名字 míngzi

Their names were called over the loudspeaker .

负责 fùzé 选举 xuǎnjǔ de 官员 guān yuán men 已经 yǐjīng 临时 línshí Ān le 几个 jǐ ge 喇叭 lǎba ràng 投票者 tóu piào zhě 可以 kěyǐ 同时 tóngshí 享受 xiǎngshòu 音乐 yīnyuè

Election officials have rigged up speakers to provide voters with music.

司机 sījī chōng 挥挥手 àn le xià 喇叭 lǎba

The driver gave me a wave and a toot.

骑车人危险 wēixiǎn de zài 车流 chē liú Zhōng 飞速 fēi sù 穿行 chuān xíng shí 汽车 qì chē 喇叭 lǎba de 嘟嘟声响 shēng xiǎng Chéng 一片

Car horns toot as cyclists dart precariously through the traffic.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
喇叭 lǎba loudspeaker喇叭 lǎba
denote a sound or sharp noise (gunfire etc)
喇叭裤 lǎ ba kù flared trousers喇叭褲
喇叭花 lǎ ba huā morning glory喇叭花 lǎ ba huā
吹喇叭 chuī lǎ ba (fig.) to praise sb吹喇叭 chuī lǎ ba

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Decomposition

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