Pronunciation

xiǎng

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xiǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiǎng | xiang3
English translation
echo
sound
noise
to make a sound
to sound
to ring
loud
classifier for noises
to make noise, to make sound; sound

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About xiǎng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiǎng

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of xiǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口向

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Xiàng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and Xiàng represents the sound. Originally written as Xiàng . Simplified form of xiǎng .

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Example sentences using xiǎng

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教堂 jiào táng de Zhōng qiāo chū 低沉 dī chén de 响声 xiǎng shēng .

The church clocks strike with a muffled sound.

鞭子 biān zi xiǎng ,猎狗 liè gǒu 发出 fā chū 一阵 yī zhèn háo jiào .

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

鹌鹑 ān chún zài 矮树丛沙沙作 xiǎng .

Speckled quails rustled in the underbrush.

方才 fāng cái shè 几封 xìn de 时候 shíhou , 德雷格理发店 lǐ fà diàn 的铃声 xiǎng lái le .

Picking up the letters, Drago's shopbell ringing.

火腿 huǒ tuǐ zài jiān guō Zhōng 咝咝作响.

The ham frizzled in the frying pan.

Words with xiǎng

Explore 22 words and sayings that include the Chinese character xiǎng in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
影响 yǐngxiǎng influence影響
xiǎng echo xiǎng
影响力 yǐng xiǎng lì influence影響力
音响 yīnxiǎng sound音響
响应 xiǎngyìng answer響應
反响 fǎn xiǎng reaction反響
打响 dǎ xiǎng to start shooting or firing打響
声响 shēng xiǎng sound聲響
敲响 qiāo xiǎng to sound a bell敲響
响亮 xiǎngliàng loud and clear響亮
响声 xiǎng shēng noise響聲
响尾蛇 xiǎng wěi shé rattlesnake響尾蛇
巨响 jù xiǎng loud sound巨響
交响乐 jiāo xiǎng yuè symphony交響樂
回响 huí xiǎng to echo迴響
不同凡响 bù tóng fán xiǎng brilliant不同凡響
交响曲 jiāo xiǎng qǔ symphony交響曲
交响乐团 jiāo xiǎng yuè tuán symphony orchestra交響樂團
响彻 xiǎng chè to resound響徹
响应时间 xiǎng yìng shí jiān response time響應時間
响当当 xiǎng dāng dāng loud響噹噹
不声不响 bù shēng bù xiǎng taciturn不聲不響

xiǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiǎng Decomposition

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