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chéng

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chéng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéng | cheng2
English translation
orange tree
orange (color)
orange

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About chéng

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Number of strokes

16

Traditional form

chéng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of chéng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木登

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

dēng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and dēng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chéng

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zhè chá yǒu 香橙 xiāng chéng Huā de 味道 wèidao .

This tea tasted of orange blossoms.

Cóng 照光 de 叶绿体 yè lǜ tǐ 分离 fēn lí 出来的 tào yǒu 很多橙色 chéng sè de 玉米 yùmǐ zhì .

Envelope isolated from illuminated chloroplasts had much more orange zeaxanthin.

zhǐ le 橙汁 chéng zhī , méi 喝酒 hē jiǔ .

I had nothing stronger than orange juice to drink.

zhà liǔ 橙汁 chéng zhī gěi .

I'll crush the juice out of oranges for you.

个家庭主妇 zhǔ fù Cháng zhà liǔ 橙汁 chéng zhī .

The housewife crushes out juice from oranges.

Words with chéng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chéng orange tree chéng
橙色 chéng sè orange (color)橙色 chéng sè
橙汁 chéng zhī orange juice橙汁 chéng zhī
橙子 chéng zi orange橙子 chéng zi
脐橙 qí chéng navel orange臍橙
橙黄 chéng huáng orange yellow橙黃
香橙 xiāng chéng orange (tree and fruit)香橙 xiāng chéng
甜橙 tián chéng sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)甜橙 tián chéng
橙皮 chéng pí orange peel橙皮 chéng pí
酸橙 suān chéng lime (fruit)酸橙 suān chéng
橙红色 chéng hóng sè red-orange color橙紅色
柳橙 liǔ chéng orange (fruit)柳橙 liǔ chéng

chéng Decomposition & Compounds

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chéng Decomposition

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