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zhàng

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zhàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhàng | zhang4
English translation
dropsical
swollen
to swell
to be bloated
swelling, inflation

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About zhàng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

zhàng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

flesh

Etymology of zhàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼长

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

cháng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and cháng represents the sound. Simplified form of zhàng .

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Example sentences using zhàng

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OEA发出 fā chū 饥饿 jīè 抑制 yì zhì 信息 xìnxī dào 大脑 dà nǎo ,增加 zēngjiā bǎo zhàng gǎn .

OEA sends hunger - curbing messages to the brain to increase feelings of fullness.

yǒu de Huán shì 花骨朵 huā gǔ duo ér , kān 起来 qǐlai 饱胀马上 mǎshàng yāo 破裂 pò liè 似的 shìde .

Some or bud, satiety may look like an immediate rupture.

Lián 椰子树 dōu 似乎 sìhū biē 头昏脑胀 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng ,巴望 bā wàng 能舒上一口 yī kǒu .

Even the coconut trees seemed swollen and expectant.

百万分之一 zhī yī miǎo 之后 zhī hòu ,宇宙 yǔzhòu jiù 膨胀 péng zhàng dào 十亿 shí yì 英里 Yīng lǐ Kuān .

Microseconds later the universe inflated to become billions of miles wide.

伤口 shāng kǒu 感染 gǎnrǎn de 局部 júbù 征象 zhēng xiàng shì 疼痛 téng tòng ,压痛, 肿胀 zhǒng zhàng , 发热 fā rè , 以及 yǐjí Hóng bān .

Local signs of wound infection consist of pain and tenderness, swelling, warmth, and erythema.

Words with zhàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
膨胀 péng zhàng to expand膨脹
zhàng dropsical zhàng
肿胀 zhǒng zhàng swelling腫脹
通货膨胀 tōnghuòpéngzhàng inflation通貨膨脹
通胀 tōng zhàng inflation通脹
头昏脑胀 tóu hūn nǎo zhàng giddy頭昏腦脹
通胀率 tōng zhàng lǜ inflation rate通脹率
发胀 fā zhàng to swell up發脹
滞胀 zhì zhàng stagflation (i.e. simultaneous inflation and stagnation)滯脹
鼓胀 gǔ zhàng to swell鼓脹
胀大 zhàng dà swollen脹大

zhàng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhàng Decomposition

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