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huǎng

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huǎng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huǎng | huang3
English translation
lies
to lie

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About huǎng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

huǎng

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of huǎng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠荒

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

huāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and huāng represents the sound. Simplified form of huǎng .

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Example sentences using huǎng

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有关 yǒu guān de 年龄 niánlíng le huǎng , ” xiǎo 汤姆 Tāng mǔ shuì .

" I told a fib about my age, " little Tom said.

竟然 jìngrán 幼稚 yòuzhì Lián 这种 zhè zhǒng 谎言 huǎng yán dōu 相信 xiāngxìn .

He is so naive as to believe such a lie.

这令陷入 xiànrù le 不得不 bùdébù 说谎 shuō huǎng de 尴尬 gāngà 境地 jìng dì

It put me in the unenviable position of having to lie.

周围 zhōuwéi de rén dōu zài gěi 灌输 guàn shū 可怕 kěpà de 谎言 huǎng yán

He was surrounded by people who fed him ghastly lies.

这位 zhè wèi 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng de 电影 diànyǐng 制片人 zhì piàn rén 声色俱厉 de 抨击 pēng jī le 这些 zhè xiē 说法 shuō fǎ 称之为 chēng zhī wéi 无耻 wúchǐ de 谎言 huǎng yán ”。

The famed film-maker slammed the claims as "an outrageous lie"

Words with huǎng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
撒谎 sāhuǎng to tell lies撒謊
谎言 huǎng yán lie謊言
说谎 shuō huǎng to lie說謊
huǎng lies huǎng
谎话 huǎng huà lie謊話
谎报 huǎng bào to lie謊報
扯谎 chě huǎng to tell a lie扯謊
弥天大谎 mí tiān dà huǎng a pack of lies (idiom)彌天大謊
说谎者 shuō huǎng zhě liar說謊者
谎称 huǎng chēng to claim謊稱
虚谎 xū huǎng false虛謊
瞒天大谎 mán tiān dà huǎng enormous lie瞞天大謊

huǎng Decomposition & Compounds

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huǎng Decomposition

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