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抽象 chōuxiàng

抽象 chōuxiàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 抽象 chōuxiàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chōuxiàng | chou1 xiang4
English translation
abstract
abstraction
CL: zhǒng
> zhǒng [zhǒng]

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Traditional form

抽象 chōuxiàng

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 抽象 chōuxiàng

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chōu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and yóu represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

yóu

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

扌由

Number of Strokes

8
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 抽象 chōuxiàng

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现代派 xiàn dài pài Shī rén jiù 许多 xǔduō 想象 xiǎngxiàng yòu 回到 huí dào le 十七 shí qī 世纪 shìjì 抽象派诗人 shī rén de 意象 yì xiàng 诗中.

The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.

de 绘画 huì huà 经历 jīnglì le 具象 jù xiàng 风格 fēnggé 抽象 chōuxiàng 风格 fēnggé 两个阶段 jiēduàn

His painting went through both representational and abstract periods.

第三世界 dì sān shì jiè shì 抽象概念 shì 一种 yī zhǒng 简称 jiǎn chēng

"Third World" is an abstraction, a form of shorthand.

Qián duì 来说就是 jiù shì 抽象 chōuxiàng de 东西 dōngxī 从不 cóng bù xiǎng Qián

Money was a commodity she never thought about except in the abstract.

抽象 chōuxiàng Decomposition

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抽象 chōuxiàng Compounds

See all 11 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 抽象 chōuxiàng in their composition.

  • chōu
  • xiàng
    • xiàng , , xiàng , xiàng , , , , , ,
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