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chǔ

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chǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǔ | chu3
English translation
foundation
base
foundation stone, plinth; basis

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About chǔ

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

chǔ

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of chǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石出

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

chū

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and chū represents the sound. Simplified form of chǔ .

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Example sentences using chǔ

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这个 zhè ge 民间 mínjiān 消防队 xiāo fáng duì 房顶 fáng dǐng le wàng shào 一样 yīyàng , 最初 zuìchū shì zài 自愿 zìyuàn de 基础 jīchǔ shǎng 募集 mù jí de .

The fire guard, like the roof - watchers, was at first recruited on a voluntary basis.

基础 jīchǔ 精炼 jīng liàn 工厂 gōngchǎng 升级 shēng jí xiàn zài 正确 zhèngquè de 作用 zuòyòng 在哨 zhàn shǎng le .

The Basic Refinery Upgrade now improves the outpost as intended.

泰勒 Tài lè de 阐述 chǎnshù shì 建立 jiànlì zài 我们 wǒmen jiào zuò 有限 yǒu xiàn chā fēn de 基础 jīchǔ shǎng de .

Taylor's exposition based on what we would call finite differences.

táng 及其 jí qí 副产品 fù chǎn pǐn shì 这个 zhè ge dǎo Guó 经济 jīngjì de 基础 jīchǔ .

Sugar and its byproduct are the basis of the island's economy.

机械 jīxiè 原理 yuánlǐ wéi 基础 jīchǔ de 应变 yìng biàn shì 刻痕 kè hén 应变计.

The strain gage based on mechanical principles is the scratch gage.

Words with chǔ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
基础 jīchǔ base基礎
chǔ base chǔ
基础课 jī chǔ kè basic course基礎課

chǔ Decomposition & Compounds

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chǔ Decomposition

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