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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cè | ce4
English translation
side
to lean
to survey
to measure
conjecture
to survey, to measure; to estimate, to conjecture

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵则

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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这次测验 cèyàn shì 显示 xiǎnshì 知识 zhīshi de hǎo 机会 jīhuì .

The quiz was a good opportunity for the exhibition of his knowledge.

一年 Hòu , bèi 正式 zhèngshì 任命 rènmìng wéi xiàn de 土地 tǔdì 测量 cèliáng yuán .

He was appointed official county surveyor a year later.

shuí Néng 预测 yù cè chū 婴儿 yīngér yāo zuò 什么 shénme ?

Who can forecast what a baby will do next?

bèi 最后 zuìhòu de dào 测验题 nán zhù le .

I ran into trouble on the last problem on the test.

类比 lèi bǐ shì 频宽 pín kuān 赫兹 Hè zī 测量 cèliáng měi miǎo de 传送 chuán sòng 周期 zhōuqī .

Analogue bandwidth is measured in Hertz Hz, cycles per second.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
测试 cè shì test測試
检测 jiǎn cè to detect檢測
to survey
预测 yù cè to forecast預測
监测 jiān cè to monitor監測
猜测 cāi cè to guess猜測
测量 cèliáng survey測量
测定 cè dìng to survey and evaluate測定
推测 tuīcè speculation推測
测验 cèyàn test測驗
探测 tàncè to probe探測
探测器 tàn cè qì detector探測器
观测 guān cè to observe觀測
测算 cè suàn to take measurements and calculate測算
不测 bù cè unexpected不測
测评 cè píng to test and evaluate測評
勘测 kān cè to survey勘測
测绘 cè huì to map測繪
揣测 chuǎi cè to guess揣測
实测 shí cè to take measurements實測
民意测验 mín yì cè yàn opinion poll民意測驗
目测 mù cè to gauge目測
检测器 jiǎn cè qì detector檢測器

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Decomposition

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