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珍珠 zhēnzhū

珍珠 zhēnzhū Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 珍珠 zhēnzhū .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhēnzhū | zhen1 zhu1
English translation
pearl
CL:
>[kē]

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Traditional form

珍珠 zhēnzhū

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Come for Peace. Stay for Wisdom.

Etymology of 珍珠 zhēnzhū

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zhēn

Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

shān

Semantic compound

Wáng

Positional decomposition

Wáng 人彡

Number of Strokes

9
zhū

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Wáng represents the meaning and zhū represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

zhū

Semantic compound

Wáng

Positional decomposition

王朱

Number of Strokes

10

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珍珠 zhēnzhū Decomposition

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珍珠 zhēnzhū Compounds

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A Boy and his Dragon

Once upon a time, a Little Boy was living in a village near the woods. One day, a Dragon came out of the cave secluded in the middle of the forest and began to relentlessly follow the Little Boy, always breathing on the back of his neck, burning the young boy at his slightest misstep.

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Come for Knowledge. Stay for Wisdom.

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