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消化 xiāohuà

消化 xiāohuà Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 消化 xiāohuà .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiāohuà | xiao1 hua4
English translation
to digest
digestion
digestive

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Traditional form

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Etymology of 消化 xiāohuà

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xiāo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and Xiāo represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

Xiāo

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵肖

Number of Strokes

10
huā

Explanation

Pictograph of a right-side up person and an upside-down person, depicting the meaning "turn around" or "transform".

Positional decomposition

亻匕

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 消化 xiāohuà

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这种 zhè zhǒng 消化 xiāohuà (每天 měi tiān yāo 分泌 fēnmì 1品脱 pǐn tuō )流入 liú rù de 十二指肠 shí èr zhǐ cháng , suān Zhōng le .

This juice - about a quart a day -- pours into my duodenum, neutralizing acids.

shǎng 饭馆 fàn guǎn chī Guò 油腻 yóunì 食物 shíwù 之后 zhī hòu , Cháng shòu 消化 xiāohuà 不良 bù liáng 之苦.

He was prone to indigestion after rich restaurant meals.

恋爱 liànài 决不 jué bù 至于 zhìyú yīn 饿 è ér ,而是 ér shì 多数 duō shù 因消化不良 bù liáng 而死.

Love never dies of starvation but often of indigestion.

zhè zhǒng chá 助消化.

This kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.

需要 xūyào zhǒng [一些 yī xiē ]解酸 yào 医治 yī zhì 消化 xiāohuà 不良 bù liáng .

消化 xiāohuà Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 消化 xiāohuà and their own compounds.

消化 xiāohuà Compounds

See all 25 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 消化 xiāohuà in their composition.

  • xiāo
    • huā
      • Huā
        • huā , , , , , ,
      • Huá
      • huò , xuē , é , é , é , , , , é , huò , ,
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