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自然 zìrán

自然 zìrán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 自然 zìrán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zìrán | zi4 ran2
English translation
nature
natural
naturally

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Traditional form

自然 zìrán

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí
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Etymology of 自然 zìrán

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Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a nose. Original form of (nose). In China, when people point to themselves, they typically point to their nose.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

6
rán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and rán represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "ignite; burn", now written as rán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Phonetic compound

rán

Semantic compound

huǒ

Positional decomposition

肰灬

Number of Strokes

12

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Example sentences using 自然 zìrán

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现在 xiànzài shuì 局长 jú zhǎng diū le ,改做公债 gōng zhài , 自然 zìrán 主张 zhǔzhāng yòu 不同 bù tóng le .

Now that I'm a stock - jobber, naturally my likes and dislikes have changed.

- 这种 zhè zhǒng 自然界 zì rán jiè yōng yǒu de 超级 chāojí 营养 yíngyǎng 作为 zuòwéi 治疗 zhìliáo tián liào 壮阳 zhuàng yáng , 已经 yǐjīng 有很 cháng de 历史 lìshǐ .

Honey - nature a super - nutrition a treatment, sweetener and aphrodisiac, has a long history.

顺应 shùn yìng 自然 zìrán de rén ,决不 jué bù huì chū chà .

He that follows nature is never out of his way.

hěn 自然 zìrán de ràng liǎng 牧民 mù mín 保镖 bǎo biāo péi zhāo .

He was, naturally, accompanied by the two shepherd bodyguards.

Qiū yuè 向来 xiànglái 受到 shòudào 诗人 shī rén 热爱 rèài 大自然 dà zì rán de 人们 rén men de 宠爱 chǒng aì .

The autumn moon has always been a favourite with poets and lovers of nature.

自然 zìrán Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 自然 zìrán and their own compounds.

自然 zìrán Compounds

See all 55 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 自然 zìrán in their composition.

    • shǒu
    • Xià
    • chòu
      • xiù , qiǔ , xiù , , chòu , ,
    • jiá
    • niè
      • niè , niè , niè , , , , jiǎo , ,
      • ,
      • biān , ,
    • zán , biě , , , , biě , , , , , ,
  • rán
    • rán , niǎn , rán , , ,
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