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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kù | ku4
English translation
variant of
>[kù]
underpants
trousers
pants
pants, trousers

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

clothes

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

衤库

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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夸脱牛奶 niúnǎi bèi de 内衣裤 nèi yī kù gān le .

A quart of milk got sucked up inside my girdle.

孩子 háizi 裤子 kùzi de 膝盖 xīgài chǔ le .

The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.

de 裤子 kùzi 已经 yǐjīng 穿 chuān le .

His trousers had been worn into holes.

得不 shǎng 腰带 yāo dài 才能 cái néng 使 shǐ 裤子 kùzi 不掉下来 xià lai .

He has to wear a belt to make his trousers stay up.

de 裤子 kùzi zhù le , 因为 yīnwèi shòu le 很多.

My trousers won't remain up; I've lost so much weight.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
裤子 kùzi trousers褲子
pants
内裤 nèi kù underpants內褲
牛仔裤 niúzǎikù jeans牛仔褲
短裤 duǎn kù shorts短褲
长裤 cháng kù trousers長褲
裤裆 kù dāng crotch of trousers褲襠
裤衩 kù chǎ underpants褲衩
棉裤 mián kù quilted cotton trousers棉褲
裤腿 kù tuǐ trouser leg褲腿
裤带 kù dài belt (in trousers)褲帶
纸尿裤 zhǐ niào kù disposable diaper紙尿褲
裤管 kù guǎn trouser leg褲管
衬裤 chèn kù underpants襯褲
灯笼裤 dēng lóng kù bloomers燈籠褲
喇叭裤 lǎ ba kù flared trousers喇叭褲
三角裤 sān jiǎo kù briefs三角褲
裙裤 qún kù culottes裙褲
开裆裤 kāi dāng kù open pants (for infants before toilet training)開襠褲
裤头 kù tóu (dialect) underpants褲頭
泳裤 yǒng kù swim trunks泳褲
内衣裤 nèi yī kù underwear內衣褲
连裤袜 lián kù wà panty hose連褲襪

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Decomposition

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