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liàng

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liàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liàng | liang4
English translation
to forgive
to understand
to excuse, to forgive; to guess, to presume

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About liàng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

liàng

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of liàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠京

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Jīng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using liàng

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" 那才 diū 三辈子 de liǎn ne ---- , zài qǐng 原谅 yuánliàng .

" Hell's afire -- Well, I beg your pardon again.

提出 tí chū 双方 shuāngfāng de 谅解 liàngjiě qiāo .

I suggested that we tie down the understandings firmly.

qǐng 原谅 yuánliàng Cuò le de sǎn .

Excuse my taking your umbrella by mistake.

qǐng 原谅 yuánliàng , yǒu 问题 wèntí méi 回答 huídá .

Forgive me for leaving some of your questions unanswered.

zhè 一切 yīqiè shì 好多 hǎo duō Nián 以前 yǐqián de shì , 人们 rén men 现在 xiànzài 已经 yǐjīng 原谅 yuánliàng le .

All this happened years ago; he's lived it down by now.

Words with liàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
原谅 yuánliàng to excuse原諒
谅解 liàngjiě to understand諒解
体谅 tǐliàng to empathize體諒
见谅 jiàn liàng please forgive me見諒
liàng to excuse liàng

liàng Decomposition & Compounds

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liàng Decomposition

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