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diāo

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diāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diāo | diao1
English translation
to hold in the mouth

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About diāo

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

diāo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of diāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口刁

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

diāo

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Example sentences using diāo

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māo yǎo zhù 幼崽 yòu zǎi de Hòu jǐng diāo le 起来 qǐlai .

The cat picked up her kitten by the scruff of its neck.

海鸥 hǎi ōu 嘴里 zuǐ lǐ diāo zhāo

The gull held the fish in its beak.

zhǐ gǒu 蹦跳 bèng tiào zhāo diāo huí le 木棍 mù gùn 交给 jiāo gěi 理查德 Lǐ chá dé ràng zài 扔出去

The dog came bounding back with the stick for Richard to throw again.

Words with diāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) diāo

diāo Decomposition & Compounds

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diāo Decomposition

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