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漫画 mànhuà

漫画 mànhuà Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 漫画 mànhuà .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mànhuà | man4 hua4
English translation
caricature
cartoon
Japanese manga

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About 漫画 mànhuà

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Traditional form

漫畫

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 漫画 mànhuà

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màn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and màn represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

màn

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵曼

Number of Strokes

14
huà

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding a writing utensil () and drawing something. The simplified character huà was adapted from the cursive form of the traditional character huà .

Positional decomposition

凵田

Number of Strokes

8

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Example sentences using 漫画 mànhuà

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报纸 bàozhǐ yòng liǎng 版面 bǎn miàn lái 刊登 kāndēng 漫画 mànhuà .

The newspaper devotes two pages to comics.

kān jiàn 孩子 háizi zài kān běn 科幻 kē huàn 连环 lián huán 漫画 mànhuà 杂志 zázhì .

I saw the child reading a science fiction comic.

zhè 本漫画 Shū shì Cóng 尼克 Ní kè 那里 nà li huàn lái de .

This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.

老师 lǎoshī wéi 对象 duìxiàng huà le 淘气 táoqì 滑稽 huá jī de 漫画 mànhuà .

She drew a wickedly funny caricature of the teacher.

qiáo 喜欢 xǐhuan kān 超人 Chāo rén de 漫画书

Joe loved to read "Superman" comics.

漫画 mànhuà Decomposition

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漫画 mànhuà Compounds

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