碗 wǎn

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

碗 wǎn

Contains the radical

石 Shí

Part of speech

Isolated measure word / 量词 liàng cí Liàngcí

Learning hint

stone

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰石宛

Semantic compound

石 Shí

Phonetic compound

宛 wǎn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 石 Shí represents the meaning and 宛 wǎn represents the sound.

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Broaden your vocabulary by interacting with 5 audio-assisted sentences using the Chinese word 碗 wǎn in different contexts.

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为 wéi 避免 bìmiǎn 争执 zhēng zhí , 我 wǒ 和 hé 你 nǐ 来 lái 掷 zhì 钱币 qián bì 决定 juédìng 谁 shuí 洗 xǐ 碗 wǎn 碟 dié .

To prevent any argument, I'll toss you for who does the washing - up.

请 qǐng 把 bǎ 碗 wǎn 碟 dié 收 shōu 拾 shè 收拾 shōushi ,然后 ránhòu 再 zài 看电视.

Please clear off the dinner things and then you can watch television.

他 tā 正 zhēng 忙 máng 着 zhāo 洗 xǐ 碗 wǎn 碟 dié .

He is in the middle of washing up.

洗碗机 xǐ wǎn jī 是 shì 家用电器 jiā yòng diàn qì 的 de 一 yī 种 zhǒng .

Dish washer is one of the appliances.

用 yòng 报纸 bàozhǐ 把 bǎ 玻璃 bōli 碗 wǎn 包 Bāo 好 hǎo .

Fold this glass bowl in newspaper.

Explore 10 words and sayings that include the Chinese character 碗 wǎn in their composition.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
碗 wǎn	bowl	碗 wǎn
饭碗 fàn wǎn	rice bowl	飯碗
洗碗机 xǐ wǎn jī	dishwasher	洗碗機
洗碗 xǐ wǎn	to wash the dishes	洗碗 xǐ wǎn
铁饭碗 tiě fàn wǎn	secure employment (lit. iron rice bowl)	鐵飯碗
碗柜 wǎn guì	cupboard	碗櫃
茶碗 chá wǎn	teacup	茶碗 chá wǎn
盖碗 gài wǎn	lidded teacup	蓋碗
汤碗 tāng wǎn	soup bowl	湯碗
丢饭碗 diū fàn wǎn	to lose one's job	丟飯碗