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Guàn

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Guàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Guàn | Guan4
English translation
surname Guan
hat
crown
crest
cap
to put on a hat
to be first
to dub
cap, crown, headgear

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About Guàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Guàn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A man Yuán  puts on a cap  with his hand  cùn

Etymology of Guàn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

元寸

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Example sentences using Guàn

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duì 那个 nà ge liū bīng 冠军 guànjūn de 批评 pīpíng shì chī 不到 bù dào 葡萄 pútao shuì 葡萄 pútao suān .

His remarks about the skating champion are sour grapes.

zhè dǐng 王冠 wáng guān shǎng 镶嵌 xiāngqiàn zhāo 金和银.

The crown was enchased with gold and silver.

奥立佛 Cóng míng 衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ de 乘客 chéng kè 身上 shēn shang tōu 得一 Bāo 香烟 xiāng yān .

Oliver filched a packet of cigarettes from a well - dressed passenger.

吴敏霞搭档 dādàng 郭晶晶 Guō Jīng jīng 赢得 yíng dé le 3 bǎn de 冠军 guànjūn .

Wu Minxia and her partner, Guo Jingjing, won the 3 - meter springboard competition.

今天 jīntiān de 冠军 guànjūn 确实 quèshí 展现 zhǎnxiàn le 纯种 chún zhǒng 系谱.

The champions really showed their pedigree today.

Words with Guàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
冠军 guànjūn champion冠軍
Guàn hat Guàn
夺冠 duó guàn to seize the crown奪冠
皇冠 huáng guān crown (headgear)皇冠 huáng guān
王冠 wáng guān crown王冠 wáng guān
冠心病 guān xīn bìng coronary heart disease冠心病 guān xīn bìng
冠状动脉 guān zhuàng dòng mài coronary artery冠狀動脈
冠军赛 guàn jūn sài championship冠軍賽
桂冠 guì guān laurel桂冠 guì guān
欧冠 Ōu Guàn UEFA Champions League歐冠
冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng high-sounding冠冕堂皇 guān miǎn táng huáng
衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ immaculately dressed衣冠楚楚 yī guān chǔ chǔ
陈冠希 Chén Guān xī Edison Chen (1980-), Hong Kong singer and actor陳冠希
衣冠 yī guān attire衣冠 yī guān
花冠 huā guān corolla花冠 huā guān
树冠 shù guān treetop樹冠
冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown冠冕 guān miǎn
怒发冲冠 nù fà chōng guān fig. seething in anger怒髮衝冠
鸡冠 Jī guān crest雞冠
乔冠华 Qiáo Guàn huá Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat喬冠華
张冠李戴 Zhāng guān Lǐ dài lit. to put Zhang's hat on Li's head張冠李戴

Guàn Decomposition & Compounds

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Guàn Decomposition

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