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礼物

礼物 lǐwù

礼物 lǐwù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 6 English Translations of the word 礼物 lǐwù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lǐwù | li3 wu4
English translation
gift
present
CL: jiàn [jiàn],
>[gè], fèn [fèn]

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About 礼物 lǐwù

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Traditional form

禮物

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 礼物 lǐwù

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Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. shì represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Phonetic compound

gōu

Semantic compound

shì

Positional decomposition

礻乚

Number of Strokes

5

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Niú represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Niú

Positional decomposition

牛勿

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 礼物 lǐwù

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银器 yín qì shì hěn hǎo de 结婚 jiéhūn 礼物 lǐwù .

Silver makes a good wedding present.

孩子 háizi 得到 dé dào 礼物 lǐwù de 条件 tiáojiàn shì 取得 qǔ dé hǎo 成绩 chéngjì .

The gift to the boy is conditioned on his good marks.

坚持 jiānchí shōu de 礼物 lǐwù .

She was refusing his gift.

半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù , shōu xià le 送给 sòng gěi de 礼物 lǐwù .

He accepted my gift while pretending to refuse.

qǐng 作为 zuòwéi jiàn 礼物 lǐwù shōu xià .

Please accept it as a present.

礼物 lǐwù Decomposition

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礼物 lǐwù Compounds

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