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zōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zōng | zong1
English translation
footprint
trace
tracks
footprints, traces, tracks

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About zōng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

zōng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

foot

Etymology of zōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

足宗

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Zōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Zōng represents the sound. Simplified form of zōng .

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Example sentences using zōng

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de 失踪 shīzōng gěi 家庭 jiātíng 蒙上 le 一层 yī céng 阴影 yīn yǐng .

His disappearance overshadowed the family.

他们 tā men 沿着 yán zhe 墙壁 qiáng bì liū 无影无踪 wú yǐng wú zōng .

They glided along the wall until they were out of sight.

不一会儿, xiǎo 帆船 fān chuán 绕过 rào guò Hǎi Jué ,不见 bù jiàn le 踪影 zōng yǐng .

Soon after, the lugger doubled the point and disappeared.

认为 rènwéi 秋玲失踪 shīzōng de shì zhè àn 有关 yǒu guān ?

So you think Carina's case is related to this case?

自称 zì chēng shì 失踪 shīzōng de 继承人 jì chéng rén 这件 shì Cóng 开始 kāishǐ jiù 存在 cúnzài 很多疑点 yí diǎn .

From the start, doubts surrounded her claim to be the missing heiress.

Words with zōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
失踪 shīzōng to be missing失蹤
跟踪 gēnzōng to tail跟蹤
追踪 zhuī zōng to trace追蹤
行踪 xíng zōng whereabouts行蹤
踪影 zōng yǐng trace蹤影
踪迹 zōngjì tracks蹤跡
zōng trace zōng
无影无踪 wú yǐng wú zōng to disappear without trace (idiom)無影無蹤
影踪 yǐng zōng trace影蹤
来去无踪 lái qù wú zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace來去無蹤
潜踪 qián zōng in hiding潛蹤
蹑踪 niè zōng to follow along behind sb (formal writing)躡蹤
来踪去迹 lái zōng qù jì (fig.) sb's history來蹤去跡

zōng Decomposition & Compounds

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zōng Decomposition

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