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膝盖

膝盖 xīgài

膝盖 xīgài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 膝盖 xīgài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīgài | xi1 gai4
English translation
knee

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About 膝盖 xīgài

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Traditional form

膝蓋

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 膝盖 xīgài

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Type

pictophonetic

Phonetic compound

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

⺼桼

Number of Strokes

15

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of gài . Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

羊皿

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 膝盖 xīgài

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zhè 男孩 nán hái shuāi le jiāo , le 膝盖 xīgài shǎng de .

The boy fell and scraped the skin off his knee.

孩子 háizi 裤子 kùzi de 膝盖 xīgài chǔ le .

The child's trousers have worn through at the knees.

如果 rúguǒ zài gān 那种 nà zhǒng shì , jiù héng zài de 膝盖 xīgài shǎng zòu .

If you do that again, I'll set you across my knee and beat you.

男孩 nán hái 摔倒 shuāidǎo shí 膝盖 xīgài cèng le .

That boy scraped his knee when he slipped and fell.

穿着 chuān zhuó 高及膝盖 xīgài de 护腿,留着海象 hǎi xiàng bān 的八字, zhēn shì 古怪 gǔguài de 老家伙 lǎo jiā huo .

He is the queer old duck with the knee - length gaiters and walrus mustache.

膝盖 xīgài Decomposition

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膝盖 xīgài Compounds

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