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手表 shǒubiǎo

手表 shǒubiǎo Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 手表 shǒubiǎo .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shǒubiǎo | shou3 biao3
English translation
wrist watch
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> kuài [kuài], zhī
> zhǐ [zhī],
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About 手表 shǒubiǎo

Read some general information about the Chinese word 手表 shǒubiǎo .

Traditional form

手錶

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 手表 shǒubiǎo

Familiarize yourself with the origin and historical aspects of the Chinese word 手表 shǒubiǎo .

shǒu

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand with five fingers.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

4
biǎo

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts clothes () made from fur ( Máo ), typically the outermost layer of clothing. In simplified Chinese biǎo is also used to mean "wristwatch", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character biǎo .

Positional decomposition

毛衣 máo yī

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 手表 shǒubiǎo

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de 手表 shǒubiǎo dāng le 30 Yuán .

He pawned his watch for 30 yuan.

zhè zhǐ 手表 shǒubiǎo 价值 jiàzhí 80 Yuán 左右 zuǒyòu .

The watch is worth about eighty yuan.

耸了耸肩, Cóng 身旁走开 zǒu kāi , 一面 yī miàn 推开 tuī kāi Shuāng 厚实 hòu shi de 黑手表示 biǎoshì 认输 rèn shū .

He shrugged away from me, and offered his thick black hands in resignation.

de 目光 mùguāng 恰好 qià hǎo yòu zài 那块表盘 biǎo pán 硕大 shuò dà péng 宛如 wǎn rú miǎo 器的手表 shǒubiǎo shǎng .

I happened to be looking at her enormous - faced, chronographic - looking wrist - watch again.

de 手表 shǒubiǎo 不准 bù zhǔn , kuài 五分 Zhōng .

My watch is out of fix; it's five minutes fast.

手表 shǒubiǎo Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 手表 shǒubiǎo and their own compounds.

手表 shǒubiǎo Compounds

See all 55 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 手表 shǒubiǎo in their composition.

  • shǒu
      • , ,
      • ,
    • zhǎng
      • chēng , chēng , , ,
    • quán
    • pān
    • luán
    • qíng , Zhì , luán , bāi , chè , , , qiè , bāi , zhì , , qiān , , yán , jiū , , niè , , piē , lǎn , chǒu , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • biǎo
    • biǎo , biǎo , biǎo , biāo , , biǎo
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