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guàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
guàn | guan4
English translation
accustomed to
used to
indulge
to spoil (a child)
habit, custom; habitual, usual

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About guàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

guàn

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

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Etymology of guàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄贯

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

guàn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using guàn

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Cóng 方面 fāngmiàn lái kān , zhè 入室 háng qiè àn dōu shì 职业 zhíyè 惯犯 guàn fàn zuò de .

The burglary had all the hallmarks of a professional job.

贵重 guì zhòng Zàng zài 小孩 xiǎo hái 身上 shēn shang shì 犹太人 Yóu tài rén de 惯技.

It's an old Yid trick to hide valuables on the children.

这种 zhè zhǒng 恶劣 èliè 作风 zuòfēng 一向 yīxiàng jiào rén 看不惯 kàn bu guàn .

People always hold this abominable behaviour in detestation.

zài ǎi pín ǎi 功用 gōng yòng 下使惯边氙气爆发 bàofā 火花 huǒ huā 不不不不充电 chōng diàn .

In this high frequency high voltage of tube - Xenon produces the spark discharge.

惯用 guàn yòng de 方法 fāngfǎ shì Líng an等于 děngyú líng .

The conventional procedure is to set an equal to zero.

Words with guàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
习惯 xíguàn habit習慣
惯例 guànlì convention慣例
guàn used to guàn
惯性 guàn xìng inertia慣性
习惯性 xí guàn xìng customary習慣性
看不惯 kàn bu guàn to hate看不慣
惯用 guàn yòng habitual慣用
司空见惯 sī kōng jiàn guàn a common occurrence (idiom)司空見慣
惯犯 guàn fàn recidivist慣犯
娇生惯养 jiāo shēng guàn yǎng pampered and spoiled since childhood嬌生慣養
娇惯 jiāo guàn to pamper嬌慣
惯常 guàn cháng usual慣常
习惯法 xí guàn fǎ customary law習慣法
习惯成自然 xí guàn chéng zì rán second nature習慣成自然
惯量 guàn liàng inertia (mechanics)慣量
惯偷 guàn tōu habitual thief慣偷
转动惯量 zhuǎn dòng guàn liàng moment of inertia (mechanics)轉動慣量
惯窃 guàn qiè habitual thief慣竊
习惯自然 xí guàn zì rán second nature習慣自然
惯贼 guàn zéi habitual thief慣賊

guàn Decomposition & Compounds

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guàn Decomposition

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