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pēn

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pēn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pēn | pen1
English translation
to puff
to spout
to spray
to spurt
(of a smell) strong
peak season (of a crop)
(classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests)
to blow, to puff, to spray, to spurt

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About pēn

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

pēn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of pēn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口贲

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

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Example sentences using pēn

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zhè 可怜 kělián de 孩子 háizi Wén dào le 香喷喷 xiāng pēn pēn de ròu wèi .

The poor boy smelled the delicious odour of cooked meat.

他们 tā men dōu 饿 è le ,因而 yīnér 感到 gǎn dào 饭菜 fàn cài 喷香.

They were all hungry and the food smelt good.

zhè jiā huǒ de 鼻子 bízi Néng wǎng 墙上 pēn shí 夸脱 de xuè ?

This guy blows ten quarts of blood from his nose onto his wall?

yān cōng pēn chū tuán Hēi yān .

The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.

他们 tā men jiāng pēn 驱虫剂 pēn zài le 警察 jǐngchá de 脸上.

They sprayed aerosol insect repellent into the faces of police.

Words with pēn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pēn to puff pēn
喷泉 pēn quán fountain噴泉
喷射 pēn shè to spurt噴射
喷出 pēn chū spout噴出
打喷嚏 dǎpēntì to sneeze打噴嚏
喷嚏 pēn tì sneeze噴嚏
喷洒 pēn sǎ to spray噴灑
喷气 pēn qì jet噴氣
喷发 pēn fā to erupt噴發
喷雾 pēn wù mist spray噴霧
喷漆 pēn qī lacquer噴漆
喷气式 pēn qì shì jet-propelled噴氣式
井喷 jǐng pēn surge井噴
喷气机 pēn qì jī jet (engine, plane)噴氣機
香喷喷 xiāng pēn pēn delicious香噴噴
喷头 pēn tóu nozzle噴頭
喷嘴 pēn zuǐ nozzle噴嘴
喷雾器 pēn wù qì nebulizer噴霧器
喷涌 pēn yǒng to bubble out噴湧
喷水池 pēn shuǐ chí a fountain噴水池
喷火器 pēn huǒ qì flamethrower噴火器

pēn Decomposition & Compounds

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pēn Decomposition

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