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jiū

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jiū Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiū | jiu1
English translation
after all
to investigate
to study carefully
Taiwan pr. [jiù]
to dig into, to investigate; actually, after all

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About jiū

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

jiū

Contains the radical

xué

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

cave

Etymology of jiū

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

穴九

Semantic compound

xué

Phonetic compound

jiǔ

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xué represents the meaning and jiǔ represents the sound.

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Example sentences using jiū

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蒙哥马利 Méng gē mǎ lì xiàn shì 宾夕法尼亚州 Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu zuì 富有 fù yǒu zuì 讲究 jiǎngjiu de xiàn .

Montgomery County is Pennsylvania's wealthiest and most sophisticated county.

追根 zhuī gēn 究底,与其说 dòu zhě 在读王映霞,不如说他们 tā men 在读达夫.

Argumentative and Wang Yingxia time in more readers than they read Yu.

函数 hán shù shì 研究 yánjiū yòng 递推 dì tuī 关系 guānxi lái 确定 quèdìng de 函数的 zuì 理想 lǐxiǎng 工具 gōngjù .

Generating functions are an ideal tool for studying sequences defined by recurrence.

知道 zhīdào 明天 míngtiān 究竟 jiūjìng shì shì qíng ?

Do you think tomorrow will bring sun or rain?

服务员 fúwùyuán yòu lái le ,精神抖擞 jīng shén dǒu sǒu de shǎng le liǎng Zhāng 讲究 jiǎngjiu de 菜单 càidān .

Their waiter reappeared and presented two ornate menus with a flourish.

Words with jiū

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
研究 yánjiū research研究 yánjiū
究竟 jiūjìng after all究竟 jiūjìng
研究所 yán jiū suǒ research institute研究所 yán jiū suǒ
研究生 yán jiū shēng graduate student研究生 yán jiū shēng
追究 zhuījiū to investigate追究 zhuījiū
终究 zhōngjiū in the end終究
讲究 jiǎngjiu tastefully chosen講究
研究员 yán jiū yuán researcher研究員
研究院 yán jiū yuàn academy研究院 yán jiū yuàn
jiū after all jiū
探究 tàn jiū to delve探究 tàn jiū
研究者 yán jiū zhě investigator研究者 yán jiū zhě
深究 shēn jiū to perform an in-depth investigation深究 shēn jiū
考究 kǎo jiū to investigate考究 kǎo jiū
可行性研究 kě xíng xìng yán jiū feasibility study可行性研究 kě xíng xìng yán jiū
学究 xué jiū pedant學究
研究生院 yán jiū shēng yuàn graduate school研究生院 yán jiū shēng yuàn
细究 xì jiū to look into (a matter)細究
中央研究院 Zhōng yāng Yán jiū yuàn Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei中央研究院 Zhōng yāng Yán jiū yuàn
查究 chá jiū to investigate查究 chá jiū
追根究底 zhuī gēn jiū dǐ to get to the heart of the matter追根究底 zhuī gēn jiū dǐ

jiū Decomposition & Compounds

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jiū Decomposition

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