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tuán

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tuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuán | tuan2
English translation
round
lump
ball
to roll into a ball
to gather
regiment
group
society
dumpling
sphere, circle, ball; mass, lump; group, regiment; to gather

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About tuán

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

tuán

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A lot of talent  cái gathered in one place  wéi

Etymology of tuán

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

囗才

Explanation

Simplified form of tuán . Phonosemantic compound. wéi represents the meaning and zhuān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tuán

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用拉坯轮机 lún jī tuán 粘土加工 jiāgōng Chéng le 一只 wǎn .

He throws a bowl from a ball of clay.

tān kāi 那张 zhòu Chéng tuán de zhǐ dòu le 起来 qǐlai .

He smoothed out the ball of crushed paper and read it.

xià qián , 天空 tiānkōng yǒu tuán yún .

Before the rain, the sky was a mass of clouds.

zài tān suō 过程 guòchéng Zhōng , àn yún 碎裂 suì liè wéi 稠密 chóumì de tuán kuài .

During collapse, the dark cloud " fragments " into a series of dense clumps.

jiù zài 汉考克 de 团队 tuán duì zài Dōng 海岸 hǎi àn 开展 kāizhǎn 工作 gōngzuò de 时候 shíhou .

While Hancock and his team work on the east coast.

Words with tuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
tuán round tuán
集团 jítuán group集團
团队 tuán duì team團隊
陪审团 péi shěn tuán jury陪審團
团结 tuánjié to unite團結
团体 tuántǐ group團體
一团糟 yī tuán zāo chaos一團糟
代表团 dài biǎo tuán delegation代表團
团伙 tuán huǒ (criminal) gang團伙
马戏团 mǎ xì tuán circus馬戲團
军团 jūn tuán corps軍團
团聚 tuán jù to reunite團聚
乐团 yuè tuán band樂團
社团 shè tuán association社團
团长 tuán zhǎng regimental command團長
合唱团 hé chàng tuán chorus合唱團
兵团 bīng tuán formation兵團
团团转 tuán tuán zhuàn to go round and round團團轉
剧团 jù tuán theatrical troupe劇團
谜团 mí tuán riddle謎團
团员 tuán yuán member團員
团圆 tuányuán to have a reunion團圓
财团 cái tuán financial group財團
企业集团 qǐ yè jí tuán business conglomerate企業集團
共青团 Gòng qīng tuán the Communist Youth League, abbr. for 共產主義青年團|共产主义青年团 Gòng chǎn zhǔ yì Qīng nián tuán [Gòng​chǎn​zhǔ​yì​Qīng​nián​tuán]共青團

tuán Decomposition & Compounds

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tuán Decomposition

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