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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Xǔ | Xu3
English translation
surname Xu
to allow
to permit
to promise
to praise
somewhat
perhaps
to consent, to permit; to promise, to betroth

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí

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speech

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠午

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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硅烷偶联剂用于 yòng yú 许多 xǔduō 通用 tōngyòng de 砂子 shā zi 环氧 xíng 复合材料 fù hé cái liào Zhōng .

Silane coupling agents are also used in many commercial sand - epoxy - type composites.

许多 xǔduō 公司 gōngsī 工厂 gōngchǎng de 建筑 jiànzhù mài 出去 chū qù , 然后 ránhòu zài 回来 huí lai 使用 shǐyòng .

Many more firms are selling the buildings in which their factories are, and leasing them back.

中微子实 zǐ shí yàn 已经 yǐjīng gěi le 我们 wǒmen 许多 xǔduō 关于 guānyú kuā 性质 xìngzhì de 知识 zhīshi .

Neutrino experiments have yielded much of our information on the properties of quarks.

Shī 119:81 xīn 渴想 de jiù ēn wàng 你的应.

My soul languishes for Your salvation ; I wait for Your word.

许多 xǔduō rén qíng yuàn 电视机 diàn shì jī ér 不愿 bù yuàn mǎi 电视机 diàn shì jī .

Many people prefer to rent their television sets instead of buying them.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
也许 yěxǔ perhaps也許
许多 xǔduō many許多
或许 huòxǔ perhaps或許
允许 yǔnxǔ to permit允許
to allow
不许 bù xǔ not to allow不許
许可 xǔkě to allow許可
许可证 xǔ kě zhèng license許可證
少许 shǎo xǔ a little少許
特许 tè xǔ license特許
许愿 xǔ yuàn to make a wish許願
许久 xǔ jiǔ for ages許久
些许 xiē xǔ a few些許
许诺 xǔ nuò promise許諾
容许 róng xǔ to permit容許
准许 zhǔn xǔ to allow准許
许下 xǔ xià to make a promise許下
赞许 zàn xǔ to praise讚許
默许 mò xǔ acquiescence默許
兴许 xìng xǔ perhaps興許
许昌 Xǔ chāng Xuchang prefecture level city in north Henan, on the Beijing-Guangzhou railway line許昌
几许 jǐ xǔ quite a few幾許
期许 qī xǔ to hope期許
稍许 shāo xǔ a little稍許

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