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āo

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āo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
āo | ao1
English translation
to boil
to simmer
to cook on a slow fire
to extract by heating
to decoct
to endure
to boil, to simmer; to endure pain

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About āo

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

āo

Contains the radical

huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of āo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

敖灬

Semantic compound

huǒ

Phonetic compound

áo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. huǒ represents the meaning and áo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using āo

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赤小豆 chì xiǎo dòu 熬成 de yòu xiāng yòu tián .

Porridge made of red beans is both savory and sweet.

坐在旁边 pángbiān , 苦苦 kǔ kǔ āo le liǎng 钟头 zhōng tóu .

Seated beside him, I bore the ordeal for two hours.

dào le 第三 Nián 年底 nián dǐ , yòu 心痒难熬 nán aó de xiǎng zài 扩充 kuòchōng .

By the end of our third year I was itching to expand again.

zhè jiù 使得 shǐ de 圣诞节 Shèng dàn jié qián 原本 yuán běn 漫长 màncháng de dōng yuè 显得 xiǎnde 更加 gèng jiā 令人 lìng rén nán āo le .

It made the already long winter months until Christmas seem even longer.

凡是 fánshì 天外 Tiān Wài de 东西 dōngxī 总是 zǒngshì 永远 yǒngyuǎn 引得 yǐn dé 心痒 nán āo , niàn 不已 bù yǐ .

I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote.

Words with āo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
āo to decoct āo
熬夜 áoyè to stay up late or all night熬夜 áoyè
煎熬 jiān aó to suffer煎熬 jiān aó
难熬 nán aó hard to bear難熬
苦熬 kǔ aó to endure (years of suffering)苦熬 kǔ aó
熬药 aó yào to decoct medicinal herbs熬藥
熬煎 aó jiān suffering熬煎 aó jiān

āo Decomposition & Compounds

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āo Decomposition

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