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zhǒng

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zhǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhǒng | zhong3
English translation
seed
species
kind
type
classifier: type, kind, sort
to plant
to grow
to cultivate
race, kind, breed; seed; to plant

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About zhǒng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhǒng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

Learning hint

grain

Etymology of zhǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

禾中

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Zhōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Zhōng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhǒng .

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Example sentences using zhǒng

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这种 zhè zhǒng 液体 yètǐ tiān Lěng shí 凝结 níng jié kuài xiē .

This liquid gels faster in cold weather.

甚至 shènzhì 总统 zǒngtǒng 否认 fǒurèn zhǒng 谣传 yáo chuán .

Even the President helped out in this particular deception.

这种 zhè zhǒng 建筑 jiànzhù 造价 zào jià jiào Gāo .

It costs much to build this kind of building.

yǒu 好几 hǎo jǐ zhǒng .

There are several fishes in the lake.

天花板 tiān huā bǎn Gāo gěi rén zhǒng 通风 tōng fēng 宽敞 kuānchang de 感觉 gǎnjué .

A high ceiling gives a feeling of airness and spaciousness.

Words with zhǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhǒng seed zhǒng
这种 zhè zhǒng this這種
各种 gè zhǒng every kind of各種
那种 nà zhǒng that那種
某种 mǒu zhǒng some kind (of)某種
品种 pǐnzhǒng breed品種
杂种 zá zhǒng hybrid雜種
多种 duō zhǒng multiple多種
种子 zhǒngzi seed種子
种种 zhǒng zhǒng all kinds of種種
种族 zhǒngzú race種族
种植 zhòngzhí to plant種植
有种 yǒu zhǒng to have guts有種
种类 zhǒnglèi kind種類
各种各样 gè zhǒng gè yàng various kinds各種各樣
接种 jiē zhòng to vaccinate接種
物种 wù zhǒng species物種
播种 bōzhǒng sowing播種
特种 tè zhǒng particular kind特種
种族主义 zhǒng zú zhǔ yì racism種族主義
变种 biàn zhǒng mutation變種
特种部队 tè zhǒng bù duì (military) special forces特種部隊
良种 liáng zhǒng improved type良種
孬种 nāo zhǒng coward孬種
种族歧视 zhǒng zú qí shì racism種族歧視

zhǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhǒng Decomposition

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