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淘气

淘气 táoqì

淘气 táoqì Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 淘气 táoqì .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
táoqì | tao2 qi4
English translation
naughty
mischievous

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Traditional form

淘氣

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 淘气 táoqì

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táo

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

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

Phonetic compound

táo

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵匋

Number of Strokes

11

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of air.

Positional decomposition

rén

Number of Strokes

4

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Example sentences using 淘气 táoqì

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zhēn 淘气 táoqì ,竟然 jìngrán māo 尾巴 wěiba .

It is naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.

这个 zhè ge 淘气鬼, Bié māo de 尾巴 wěiba le .

You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat's tail.

老师 lǎoshī wéi 对象 duìxiàng huà le 淘气 táoqì 滑稽 huá jī de 漫画 mànhuà .

She drew a wickedly funny caricature of the teacher.

xiǎng 有点儿 yǒu diǎn r 淘气 táoqì ,”康斯坦说道 shuō dào

"I think he was a bit of a devil," Constance said.

xiǎng 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào shì de 主意 zhǔyi 真是 zhēn shi 淘气鬼

It's his idea of a joke, I suppose, the scallywag.

淘气 táoqì Decomposition

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淘气 táoqì Compounds

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