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sāng

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sāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sāng | sang1
English translation
to make funeral arrangements
to be in mourning
corpse (old)
to lose
to flee
to be defeated
to die
mourning; mourn; funeral

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About sāng

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

sàng

Contains the radical

shí

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

Simplified form of sàng ; to cry  over the dead  wáng

Etymology of sāng

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Type

pictographic

Positional decomposition

⿱? wáng

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Example sentences using sāng

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彼得 Bǐ dé 精神 jīngshén 沮丧 jǔsàng ,信心 xìnxīn jiē .

Peter was dejected his confidence in tatters.

甜菜 tián cài 薄片 báo piàn 衰老 shuāilǎo 时期 shíqī , gài 对于 duìyú 防止 fángzhǐ jiǎ 离子 lí zǐ 丧失 sàngshī ,极其 jíqí 必要 bìyào .

Calcium is also necessary to prevent leakage of potassium during the aging of beet slices.

沮丧 jǔsàng de zài 方向盘 fāng xiàng pán shǎng .

She slumped dejectedly over the wheel.

丧钟 sāng zhōng wéi shuí ér qiāo ?

For whom did the bell toll?

那个 nà ge 外号 wài hào jiào 福尔摩斯 Fú ěr mó sī de 侦探 zhēntàn Líng 罪犯 zuìfàn Wén zhī sāng dǎn .

The detective, nicknamed Holmes , is a terror to criminals.

Words with sāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
沮丧 jǔsàng dispirited沮喪
丧失 sàngshī to lose喪失
sāng to die sàng
丧生 sàng shēng to die喪生
丧命 sàng mìng to lose one's life喪命
丧气 sàng qì to feel disheartened喪氣
丧事 sāng shì funeral arrangements喪事
丧心病狂 sàng xīn bìng kuáng deranged喪心病狂
丧葬 sāng zàng funeral喪葬
丧礼 sāng lǐ funeral喪禮
垂头丧气 chuí tóu sàng qì crestfallen垂頭喪氣
沦丧 lún sàng to be lost淪喪
哭丧着脸 kū sang zhe liǎn sullen哭喪著臉
灰心丧气 huī xīn sàng qì downhearted灰心喪氣
丧葬费 sāng zàng fèi funeral expenses喪葬費
丧服 sāng fú mourning garment喪服
闻风丧胆 wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news聞風喪膽
丧偶 sàng ǒu bereaved of one's spouse (literary)喪偶
玩物丧志 wán wù sàng zhì excessive attention to trivia saps the will玩物喪志
哭丧 kū sāng to wail at a funeral哭喪
丧尽天良 sàng jìn tiān liáng devoid of conscience (idiom); utterly heartless喪盡天良
治丧 zhì sāng to prepare for a funeral治喪
颓丧 tuí sàng dejected頹喪
丧钟 sāng zhōng knell喪鐘
服丧 fú sāng in mourning服喪

sāng Decomposition & Compounds

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