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hūn

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hūn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hūn | hun1
English translation
strong-smelling vegetable (garlic etc)
non-vegetarian food (meat, fish, spicy food etc)
non-vegetarian food; garlic; a foul smell

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About hūn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

hūn

Contains the radical

cǎo

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

plant

Etymology of hūn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

艹军

Semantic compound

cǎo

Phonetic compound

jūn

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using hūn

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他们 tā men shuì zhāo 荤段子 hēng zhāo zhāo diào de 小曲儿

They told dirty jokes and sang raucous ballads.

Words with hūn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hūn vulgar hūn
荤菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc)葷菜
七荤八素 qī hūn bā sù confused七葷八素
荤腥 hūn xīng meat and fish葷腥
开荤 kāi hūn to resume a meat diet開葷
荤油 hūn yóu lard葷油

hūn Decomposition & Compounds

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hūn Decomposition

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