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xīng

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xīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīng | xing1
English translation
fishy (smell)
fishy, rank; raw meat

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About xīng

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

xīng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

meat

Etymology of xīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺼星

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

xīng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using xīng

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Wén jiàn 气味 qìwèi , hěn 强烈 qiángliè ,热烘烘腥臭腥臭 de .

He could smell it, strong and hot and rank.

kuài dào 年底 nián dǐ shí le 腥红.

Towards the end of the year he caught scarlet fever.

那天 nà tiān zài CLUB麻吉 má jí xiǎng yāo 偷腥 tōu xīng zhǎo diǎn 刺激 cìjī .

But keep it down on the low key , cause you know how it is.

那么 nà me 这个 zhè ge xīng xuè zhǎo de 资本主义 zī běn zhǔ yì 国度 guó dù duì 有何反应 fǎnyìng ne ?

And the reaction in the land of capitalism red in tooth and claw?

水华鱼腥藻 wéi 材料 cáiliào 研究 yánjiū le 6 zhǒng 氨基甲酸酯 lèi 农药 nóng yào duì 藻类 zǎo lèi de 毒性 dú xìng 效应 xiào yìng .

The toxicity effect of 6 carbamic ester pesticides on Anabaena flos - aquae was studied.

Words with xīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
血腥 xuè xīng reeking of blood血腥 xuè xīng
xīng fishy (smell) xīng
鱼腥草 yú xīng cǎo Houttuynia cordata魚腥草
腥风血雨 xīng fēng xuè yǔ carnage腥風血雨
荤腥 hūn xīng meat and fish葷腥

xīng Decomposition & Compounds

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xīng Decomposition

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