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xiōng

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xiōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiōng | xiong1
English translation
variant of xiōng [xiōng]
breast, bosom; heart, mind

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About xiōng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xiōng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A heart  in the chest  xiōng xiōng also provides the pronunciation

Etymology of xiōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⺼匈

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and xiōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiōng

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shuì shí yòu dǎo 下去 xià qù , 两手 àn yǎn , 胸脯 xiōng pú sǒng 一耸 de .

She then fell back down, put her hands over her eyes, and heaved with sobs.

胸中 xiōng zhōng biē le 好久 hǎo jiǔ de le 出来 chū lái .

The pent - up air burst from his lungs.

已经 yǐjīng 45 suì , 中等 zhōng děng 身材 shēncái , ǎi 矮胖 aǐ pàng pán de , 完全 wánquán shì 胸无城府 xiōng wú chéng fǔ de .

He was forty - five years of age, of medium height, fairly thick - set, not at all unprepossessing.

岔气 yòu jiào 急性 jí xìng xiōng téng , shì 日常 rìcháng 生活 shēnghuó Zhōng 难免 nánmiǎn 购乐 xué de 急症 jí zhèng .

Pain is acute chest pain, an unavoidable disease in daily life.

tóu xiōng wěi 具有 jù yǒu 横向 héng xiàng de fēn jiē .

The head, the thorax and the tail comprise the trumsverse segmentation.

Words with xiōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
xiōng chest xiōng
胸部 xiōng bù chest胸部 xiōng bù
胸口 xiōng kǒu pit of the stomach胸口 xiōng kǒu
胸罩 xiōng zhào bra胸罩 xiōng zhào
胸腔 xiōng qiāng thoracic cavity胸腔 xiōng qiāng
胸膛 xiōngtáng chest胸膛 xiōngtáng
心胸 xīn xiōng breadth of mind心胸 xīn xiōng
胸怀 xiōnghuái breast胸懷
胸脯 xiōng pú chest胸脯 xiōng pú
胸前 xiōng qián bosom胸前 xiōng qián
胸围 xiōng wéi bust胸圍
胸骨 xiōng gǔ sternum胸骨 xiōng gǔ
胸襟 xiōng jīn heart胸襟 xiōng jīn
胸中 xiōng zhōng one's mind胸中 xiōng zhōng
胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú to plan in advance (idiom)胸有成竹 xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
胸腺 xiōng xiàn thymus胸腺 xiōng xiàn
文胸 wén xiōng bra文胸 wén xiōng
胸肌 xiōng jī pectoral muscles胸肌 xiōng jī
胸膜 xiōng mó pleural cavity (part of thorax containing lungs)胸膜 xiōng mó
气胸 qì xiōng pneumothorax (medicine)氣胸
抹胸 mò xiōng old feminine garment, covering chest and abdomen抹胸 mò xiōng
胸椎 xiōng zhuī thoracic vertebra胸椎 xiōng zhuī
昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng in fine mettle (of animal)昂首挺胸 áng shǒu tǐng xiōng

xiōng Decomposition & Compounds

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xiōng Decomposition

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