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sǒng

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sǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
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English translation
to excite
to raise up
to shrug
high
lofty
towering
to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering

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About sǒng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

sǒng

Contains the radical

ěr

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

ear

Etymology of sǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

从耳

Semantic compound

ěr

Phonetic compound

Cóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. ěr represents the meaning and Cóng represents the sound. Simplified form of sǒng .

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Example sentences using sǒng

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弗雷德·希尔德伯特 sǒng 了耸那暄 de Kuān 肩膀 jiānbǎng .

Fred Hildebert shrugged his big soft shoulders.

蛋白 dàn bái dào 它们 tā men sǒng .

Beat the egg whites until they peak.

zhè wèi 身体 shēntǐ 高大 gāo dà 胡须 húxū chá de rén 耸了耸肩.

The big beared man shrugged.

山峰 shān fēng 赫然 hè rán sǒng 现在 xiànzài 我们 wǒmen 面前 miàn qián .

The peak loomed up before us.

sǒng 了耸肩膀 jiānbǎng .

She gave a shrug of her shoulders.

Words with sǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sǒng to excite sǒng
耸肩 sǒng jiān to shrug one's shoulders聳肩
高耸 gāo sǒng erect高聳
耸人听闻 sǒng rén tīng wén to sensationalize (idiom); deliberate exaggeration to scare people聳人聽聞
耸立 sǒng lì to stand tall聳立
危言耸听 wēi yán sǒng tīng reds under the beds危言聳聽
高耸入云 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper高聳入雲
耸动 sǒng dòng to incite聳動

sǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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sǒng Decomposition

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