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kuò

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kuò Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuò | kuo4
English translation
big
empty
open
broad, wide; open; empty; outline

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About kuò

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

kuò

Contains the radical

广 Guǎng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

wide

Etymology of kuò

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

广郭

Semantic compound

广 Guǎng

Phonetic compound

guō

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Example sentences using kuò

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Zhōng 显现 xiǎn xiàn chū 影影绰绰 de 轮廓 lúnkuò .

Ghostly shapes loomed out of the fog.

那些 nà xiē lǎo shù de 轮廓 lúnkuò 映衬 yìng chèn zài 苍白 cāngbái de 天空 tiānkōng shǎng .

The old trees were profiled against the pale sky.

天空 tiānkōng Zhōng 穹顶 qióng dǐng 尖塔 jiān tǎ de 轮廓 lúnkuò shēn 深刻 shēnkè zài le de 记忆 jìyì Zhōng

The skyline of domes and minarets was imprinted on my memory.

yòng 一根棉签 mián qiān 轮廓 lúnkuò 抹花

Smudge the outline using a cotton-wool bud.

有着 yǒu zhe 轮廓 lúnkuò 分明 fēnmíng de 下巴 xià ba 高高的额头 é tóu 一双 jiān 灰色 huī sè de 眼睛 yǎnjing

She had a strongly defined chin, a high forehead, and light grey eyes.

Words with kuò

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
轮廓 lúnkuò an outline輪廓
kuò big kuò
胸廓 xiōng kuò thorax胸廓 xiōng kuò
廓清 kuò qīng to clear up廓清 kuò qīng
轮廓线 lún kuò xiàn an outline輪廓線

kuò Decomposition & Compounds

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kuò Decomposition

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