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zán

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zán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zán | zan2
English translation
variant of zán [zán]
I or me
we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
we, us
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zá | za2
English translation
see zán [zán]

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About zán

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zán

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Pronoun / 代词 dài cí Dàicí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of zán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口自

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using zán

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dōu 帮忙 bāngmáng .他们 tā men ài 这个 zhè ge . duō zán 他们 tā men xiàng le 一摊,他们 tā men cái 觉得 juéde shǎng le suàn ,他们 tā men 满意 mǎnyì , Huán zuò 义务 yìwù de 宣传 xuānchuán .

They were pleased and satisfied; they advertised me to their friends.

咱们 zámen zhè liǎng gēn 管子 Guǎnzǐ jiē 起来 qǐlai níng jǐn .

Let's screw the two pipes together end to end.

咱们 zámen 来说 diǎn 实际 shíjì de , shuí lái 维修费?

Let's get down to the nitty - gritty . Who's going to pay for the renovations

kuài gěi biē le , 咱们 zámen 换换空气 kōngqì .

I'm choking to death. Let's get some air.

咱们 zámen lái 这些 zhè xiē 部件 bù jiàn nián jiē zài 一起 yīqǐ .

Let's cement the parts together.

Words with zán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咱们 zámen (dialect) I or me咱們
zán I or me zán
咱俩 zán liǎ the two of us咱倆
咱家 zá jiā I咱家 zá jiā
多咱 duō zan what time?多咱 duō zan

zán Decomposition & Compounds

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zán Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up zán and their own compounds.

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