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西瓜

西瓜 xīguā

西瓜 xīguā Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 西瓜 xīguā .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīguā | xi1 gua1
English translation
watermelon
CL:
>[kē],[lì],
>[ge]

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Traditional form

西瓜 xīguā

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng
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Etymology of 西瓜 xīguā

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西

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Origin unclear. Variously explained as a bag or bird's nest.

Positional decomposition

兀囗

Number of Strokes

6
guā

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a melon hanging from a vine.

Positional decomposition

⿵?

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 西瓜 xīguā

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西瓜 xīguā Yuè Yuè tián .

The bigger is a watermelon, the sweeter is it.

西瓜 xīguā nèi 红外 hóng wài 绿.

A watermelon is red inside and green outside.

西瓜 xīguā 绿 ráng Hóng .

The watermelon is green without and red within.

西瓜 xīguā Decomposition

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西瓜 xīguā Compounds

See all 230 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 西瓜 xīguā in their composition.

  • 西
    • shài
    • yǒu
      • qiú
        • zūn
          • zūn , dūn , zūn , zūn , , zūn , zǔn , zǔn , zūn , zūn , zǔn , jùn , , , , , ,
        • diàn , qiú , yóu , yóu , yóu , qiú , , qiū , , , , , , , ,
      • jiào
      • xìn
      • jiǔ , xǐng , pèi , , zuì , jiàng , suān , lào , chóu , , , chún , niàng , xūn , , tóng , méi , zhǐ , dīng , yùn , jiào , mǐng , zhuó , fēn , quán , , hān , , , tài , , kūn , gān , hǎi , xiān , táng , , yǒu , chuò , , zhòu , , zuì , máo , zhèn , tuó , , , , chéng
      • , lèi , , yàn , shāi , , táo , pēi , zhǎn , chuò , , tǎn , yùn , cuó , yòng , zhà , jiàng , , láo , , , tán , , , , , niàng , , líng , , jiào , , , , , , , , qiān , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , yān , , , , , , , , , chǒu , yùn , , , , , , , jiàng , , , , , , , niàng , , , , ,
    • yīn
      • yān , yān , yīn , yīn , juàn , yīn , , , , , ,
    • , qiàn , , , , , shěn , , ,
  • guā
      • huà
    • , bàn , , , piáo , ráng , , guā , , dié , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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