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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tǎ | ta3
English translation
pagoda
tower
minaret
stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo)
CL: zuò [zuò]
old variant of [tǎ]
tower, spire, tall building

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Abbreviation / 简称略语 Jiǎnchēng lüèyǔ

Learning hint

earth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土荅

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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" shì de ,先生 Xiānsheng , nín 可以 kěyǐ sòng dào 塔拉. Yuè kuài Yuè hǎo !

" Yassah , you kin sen'me ter Tara , quick as you kin.

Cóng 勒斯春纳 de 作品 zuòpǐn 一直 yīzhí 演奏 yǎnzòu dào 巴塔克的作品.

He began with Palestrina , and fiddled all the way through Bartok.

hāi , 安妮塔, 好久 hǎo jiǔ 不见 bù jiàn le .

Hi, Anita, long time no see.

塔高五十 wǔ shí 英尺 yīng chǐ .

The tower is fifty feet in height.

韩佳: ēn . zhè zuò Dōng ne shì 公元 gōngyuán 869 Nián de 时候 shíhou 修建 xiūjiàn de .

Yeah. The East Pagoda was built in 869 AD.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
pagoda
金字塔 jīn zì tǎ pyramid (building or structure)金字塔 jīn zì tǎ
塔利班 Tǎ lì bān Taliban (Farsi: student), Afghan guerrilla faction塔利班 Tǎ lì bān
灯塔 dēng tǎ lighthouse燈塔
卡塔尔 Kǎ tǎ ěr Qatar卡塔爾
桑塔纳 Sāng tǎ nà Santana (name)桑塔納
铁塔 tiě tǎ iron tower鐵塔
法塔赫 Fǎ tǎ hè Fatah, Palestinian organization法塔赫 Fǎ tǎ hè
塔斯社 Tǎ sī shè TASS塔斯社 Tǎ sī shè
肯塔基 Kěn tǎ jī Kentucky, US state肯塔基 Kěn tǎ jī
塔楼 tǎ lóu tower (of building)塔樓
宝塔 bǎo tǎ pagoda寶塔
炮塔 pào tǎ gun turret炮塔 pào tǎ
肯塔基州 Kěn tǎ jī zhōu Kentucky, US state肯塔基州 Kěn tǎ jī zhōu
塔台 tǎ tái control tower塔台 tǎ tái
塔吉克斯坦 Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn Tajikistan塔吉克斯坦 Tǎ jí kè sī tǎn
电视塔 diàn shì tǎ TV tower電視塔
双塔 Shuāng tǎ Shuangta district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市 Cháo yáng shì , Liaoning雙塔
象牙塔 xiàng yá tǎ ivory tower象牙塔 xiàng yá tǎ

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