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xiàng

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xiàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàng | xiang4
English translation
elephant
CL: zhī
> zhǐ [zhī]
shape
form
appearance
to imitate
elephant; ivory; figure, image

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About xiàng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

xiàng

Contains the radical

shǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

boar

Etymology of xiàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺈口豕

Semantic compound

shǐ

Explanation

Pictograph of an elephant.

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Example sentences using xiàng

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chūn huí 大地 dà dì ,万象更新 wàn xiàng gēng xīn .

Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.

de liǎn ,好象 hǎo xiàng 墨西哥 Mò xī gē 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén (阿兹 Tái 克人) diāo jiā shì 着刻出来 chū lái de 塞巴斯蒂安 Sāi bā sī dì ān 的雕 xiàng .

He has the face as though an Aztec sculptor had attempted a portrait of Seba stian.

气象 qìxiàng 预报 yùbào shuì 早上 zǎoshang tiān qíng Hòu zhuǎn Yīn .

The weatherforecast said fair in the morning, later cloudy.

我们 wǒmen zǒng 憋着性子 xìng zi ,好象 hǎo xiàng 人人 rén rén dōu zài gēn 我们 wǒmen 闹别扭 nào biè niu .

We used to suffer and act as though everybody was against us.

yāo shuì 那么 nà me , 露西 Lù xī ,说话 shuōhuà xiàng 连珠炮 lián zhū pào 似的 shìde , yǐn dǒng .

Don't gabble, Lucy, I can't understand when you run your words together.

Words with xiàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiàng elephant xiàng
想象 xiǎngxiàng to imagine想象 xiǎngxiàng
现象 xiànxiàng phenomenon現象
对象 duìxiàng target對象
形象 xíngxiàng image形象 xíngxiàng
印象 yìnxiàng impression印象 yìnxiàng
迹象 jìxiàng mark跡象
象征 xiàngzhēng emblem象徵
气象 qìxiàng meteorology氣象
大象 dàxiàng elephant大象 dàxiàng
景象 jǐng xiàng scene景象 jǐng xiàng
抽象 chōuxiàng abstract抽象 chōuxiàng
想象力 xiǎng xiàng lì imagination想象力 xiǎng xiàng lì
气象台 qì xiàng tái meteorological office氣象台
假象 jiǎ xiàng facade假象 jiǎ xiàng
幻象 huàn xiàng illusion幻象 huàn xiàng
象棋 xiàngqí Chinese chess象棋 xiàngqí
国际象棋 guó jì xiàng qí chess國際象棋
象牙 xiàng yá ivory象牙 xiàng yá
表象 biǎo xiàng idea表象 biǎo xiàng
象征性 xiàng zhēng xìng symbolic象徵性
气象局 qì xiàng jú weather bureau氣象局
意象 yì xiàng image意象 yì xiàng
万象 Wàn xiàng Vientiane, capital of Laos萬象

xiàng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàng Compounds

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  • xiàng
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