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大象 dàxiàng

大象 dàxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 大象 dàxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dàxiàng | da4 xiang4
English translation
elephant
CL: zhī
> zhǐ [zhī]

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Traditional form

大象 dàxiàng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 大象 dàxiàng

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person with outstretched arms, representing the meaning "big".

Positional decomposition

一人

Number of Strokes

3
xiàng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Pictograph of an elephant.

Semantic compound

shǐ

Positional decomposition

⺈口豕

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 大象 dàxiàng

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愤怒 fènnù de 大象 dàxiàng chuǎng Guò 森林 sēnlín .

The angry elephant crashed through the forest.

zài 十七 shí qī 世纪 shìjì , 泰国 Tài guó 国王 guówáng wéi 战争 zhànzhēng 训练 xùnliàn le liǎng tóu 大象 dàxiàng .

In the seventeenth century, a Thai king trained 20,000 elephants for battle.

一群大象 dàxiàng 缓慢 huǎn màn ér 笨拙 bènzhuō de 穿过 chuān guò 平原 píngyuán Cháo 水潭 shuǐ tán zǒu

A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.

dāng 他们 tā men 靠近 kào jìn shí 大象 dàxiàng yòu hǒu yòu 跺脚

The elephants trumpeted and stamped their feet at their approach.

大象 dàxiàng Decomposition

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大象 dàxiàng Compounds

See all 1023 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 大象 dàxiàng in their composition.

    • tiān
      • Guān
        • sòng
          • xx ,
        • juǎn
          • juān , juàn , quán , quǎn , quán , quān , quán , juǎn , quán , , , , , , , , , quǎn , , , , ,
        • quán
        • Zhèng
        • juàn
          • ,
        • téng
          • téng ,
        • juǎn
          • quān , juǎn
        • téng
        • juàn
        • téng
        • juàn
        • téng
        • juàn
          • yìng , yàng , , , yǎng , ,
        • juàn
          • , , lèi
        • lián , téng , quàn , zhèn , , huàn , guān , chéng , quān , zhèn , téng , shèng , juàn , xiǎng , dài , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • zòu
        • , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • hào
      • guǐ
        • kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , kuí , què , kuí , , , , , , ,
      • tūn , cán , wěng , xiān , , , , , ,
    • tài
        • ,
      • tài , tài , tài , tài , tài , dāi , tài , tài , tuó , , , dài ,
    • yīn
      • ēn
      • yān , yīn , yān , yīn , yān , yīn , yīn , yīn , yān , yīn , , yīn , yīn , yīn , , , , ,
    • tóu
    • Měi
      • gēng , měi , měi , měi , měi , , měi
    • shī
      • Tiě , diē , zhì , dié , , , , zhì , chì , dié , zhí , , dié , dié , zhì , zhì , zhí , dié , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • guī
        • qián , jiàn , , ,
      • jiā
      • niǎn
      • guī
        • guī , , , , kuī ,
        • , zuǎn , , , , , ,
      • niǎn
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , guī , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • lèi
      • lèi
        • ,
    • Ào
      • ào , , , , ǎo ,
    • fèn
    • shuǎng
      • shuǎng , , , , , , , ,
    • jiān
    • nài
      • nài , , nǎi , nài
    • kuā
        • huà
      • kuǎ , kuà , kuà , , kuà , , , , kuǎ , páo , kuā , 洿, , , , , , , , , kuā , , , , ,
    • bēn
      • bēn , , , , , , , ,
    • quǎn
      • yàn
        • , , ,
      • chòu
        • xiù , qiǔ , xiù , , chòu , ,
      • xiàn
        • , , , , , , ,
        • lèi , , liè , , , ,
      • jiā
        • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • biāo
        • biāo ,
        • , , , , , , ,
        • yàn
          • , , , , , , 檿, , yàn , yǎn ,
      • xiàn
        • ,
      • zhuàng , , , fèi , áo , shū , yǎn , yìn , yóu , dāi , shòu , quǎn , rán , , , , zhuàng , , jiǎng , , shòu , , ,
    • yāng
      • Yīng
        • yīng , yīng , yīng , Yīng , yīng , yīng , yīng , yīng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • huàn
      • yìng , àng , yāng , yāng , yāng , yàng , yāng , jiǎn , yǎng , yǎng , yāng , yāng , yāng , , , , , , , , , , , , , yāng
      • xiē , qiè , , qiè , , xiè , , xiē , , , , , , qiā
      • , , , , , , , , , , tiě , , , , , , ,
    • kuí
      • kuí , kuí , kuǐ , , ,
    • shē
      • , ,
    • mǎng
    • yāo
      • tiǎn
        • tiān , tiǎn , tián , , , tiàn
      • tūn
        • qiáo
          • juē , juē , jiāo , xiāo , jiāo , jiǎo , qiáo , jiǎo , qiáo , , , , jiāo , , , qiáo , , , , jiǎo , , , , qiáo , , , jiào , , , jiāo
      • xiào , yuè , yāo , ǎo , ào , yāo , , , , , , , , , yǐng , , , , , , ,
    • yǎn
    • shǐ
      • zhī
          • ,
        • níng , ài , , , , , , , chī , , ,
        • , , , ,
      • hóu
        • hòu , hóu , hóu , hòu , hóu , hóu , hóu , hóu , gōu , hòu , , hóu , 帿, , , ,
      • zhì
      • duǎn , ǎi , jiǎo , cuó , , kuǎn , hóu , shěn , zēng , yuē , , yǐng , , jiǎo , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 谿, , , , , ,
    • fán
    • ào
      • ō , ào , , ,
    • jiā
        • qiáng , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng , , , , qiáng
      • mài
        • , miàn , miàn , pào , , , móu , , , , , , , , , , miàn , ,
      • xiá , xié , jiá , , , xiá , xiá , , , jiá , , , jiá , jiá ,
    • guài
      • kuài
      • jué
      • kuài , quē , jué , guì , mèi , jué , jué , jué , jué , , jué , jué , , , , jué , , jué , , , jué ,
    • zhā
    • shì
    • juàn
      • liè , , lèi
    • ruǎn
      • ruán , ruǎn , réng , nuǎn , , , , , , , , , , ,
      • ,
    • tāo
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
      • bào
      • zòu
      • chūn
        • chǔn , 椿 chūn , chūn , , , , , , , chūn , , , , , , , chūn
      • fèng
        • bàng , pěng , fèng , fěng , běng , běng , běng , , bàng
      • qín
        • zhēn , qín , zhēn , qín , zhēn , zhēn , qín , , , , , ,
      • chōng
        • , zhuāng ,
    • huàn
    • tái
    • , tào , jiǎng , qìng , duó , qiān , , sān , diàn , , tuó , , fèn , hāng , lián , zàng , , , kuǎng , diǎn , fěi , jiǎng , yūn , jiǎng , , shì , , , cuàn , , , , , , , , 夿, , , , , , , , , , , lián , ,
    • , bào , , , , , , tuó
  • xiàng
    • xiàng , , xiàng , xiàng , , , , , ,
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