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拳头 quántou

拳头 quántou Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 拳头 quántou .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
quántou | quan2 tou5
English translation
fist
clenched fist
CL:
>[gè]
competitive (product)

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About 拳头 quántou

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Traditional form

拳頭

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 拳头 quántou

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quán

Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

quǎn

Semantic compound

shǒu

Positional decomposition

龹手

Number of Strokes

10
tóu

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dòu represents the sound. The simplified character tóu was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character tóu .

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⺀大

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 拳头 quántou

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富兰紧握 jǐn wò 拳头 quántou ,冲动 chōngdòng de shuì .

Frank clenched his fist and broke out in excitement.

yòng 拳头 quántou 桌子 zhuōzi qiāo Zhí chàn .

The table shook when she banged her fist on it.

亚历克 zuàn jǐn 拳头 quántou yǎo 咯咯 gē gē xiǎng

Alex clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.

别说活该 huógāi 不然 bùrán ràng 尝尝 de 拳头 quántou

Don't say it serves me right or I'll thump you.

huī le huī 拳头 quántou ,“ yāo ràng 看看 kàn kan ,” shuì

She shook her fist. "I'll show you," she said.

拳头 quántou Decomposition

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拳头 quántou Compounds

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