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xiàn

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xiàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiàn | xian4
English translation
statute
constitution
constitution, statute, law

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About xiàn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

xiàn

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

roof

Etymology of xiàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀先

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

xiān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and xiān represents the sound. Simplified form of xiàn .

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Example sentences using xiàn

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既然 jìrán 出售 chū shòu 香烟 xiāng yān shì 合法 héfǎ de 那么 nà me 禁止 jìnzhǐ zuò 香烟 xiāng yān 广告 guǎnggào 就是 jiù shì 违宪 wéi xiàn 的。

Banning cigarette advertising would be unconstitutional, since selling cigarettes is legal.

宪法 xiànfǎ 提案 tí àn 赋予 fùyǔ 前任 qián rèn 大得多 de 权力 quánlì

The proposed constitution gives him much wider powers than his predecessor.

加利福尼亚 Jiā lì fú ní yà de zhōu 宪法 xiànfǎ 涵盖 hán gài duì 隐私权 yǐn sī quán de 保障 bǎozhàng .

California's state Constitution includes a guarantee of privacy.

巴西 Bā xī 称其宪法 xiànfǎ 禁止 jìnzhǐ 个人 gèrén 占有 zhàn yǒu 能源 néngyuán 资产 zīchǎn

Brazil says its constitution forbids the private ownership of energy assets.

一项宪法 xiànfǎ 修正案 xiū zhèng àn 使得 shǐ de 任何 rènhé 总统 zǒngtǒng de 任职 rèn zhí 不得 bù dé 超过 chāoguò 两届

A constitutional amendment precludes any president from serving more than two terms.

Words with xiàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宪法 xiànfǎ constitution (of a country)憲法
宪章 xiàn zhāng charter憲章
宪兵 xiàn bīng military police憲兵
xiàn statute xiàn
违宪 wéi xiàn unconstitutional違憲
宪政 xiàn zhèng constitutional government憲政
修宪 xiū xiàn to amend the constitution修憲
宪兵队 Xiàn bīng duì the Kempeitai or Japanese Military Police 1881-1945 (Japanese counterpart of the Gestapo during WWII)憲兵隊
立宪 lì xiàn to set up a constitution立憲
黄遵宪 Huáng Zūn xiàn Huang Zunxian (1848-1905), Qing dynasty poet and diplomat, author of A Record of Japan 日本國誌|日本国志 Rì běn Guó zhì [Rì​běn​Guó​zhì], an extended analysis of Meiji Japan黃遵憲
君主立宪制 jūn zhǔ lì xiàn zhì constitutional monarchy君主立憲制
唐宪宗 Táng Xiàn zōng Emperor Xianzong of Tang (778-820), reign name of twelfth Tang emperor Li Chun 李純|李纯 Lǐ Chún [Lǐ​Chún] reigned 805-820唐憲宗
五权宪法 wǔ quán xiàn fǎ Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan五權憲法

xiàn Decomposition & Compounds

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xiàn Decomposition

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