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cuán

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cuán Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cuán | cuan2
English translation
to bring together
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zǎn | zan3
English translation
to collect
to hoard
to accumulate
to save
to save, to hoard

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About cuán

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

zǎn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

hand

Etymology of cuán

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌赞

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

zàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and zàn represents the sound. Simplified form of zǎn .

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Example sentences using cuán

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生财之道遍地 biàn dì jiē shì , 然而 ránér 许多 xǔduō rén 一生 yī shēng 积攒 jī zǎn 下来 xià lai de Qián 转眼 zhuǎn yǎn 之间 zhī jiān 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú .

Get - rich - quick schemes abounded, and many people lost their savings.

那个 nà ge jiǎn 破烂 pò làn de Cóng 街上 jiē shang Dōng jiǎn 西 jiǎn ,居然 jūrán 积攒 jī zǎn le 可观 kěguān de 家产 jiā chǎn .

That rag - picker scraped together quiet a property out of the street.

liǎng 伙计 huǒ ji cuán zhù 探问 tàn wèn , 回答 huídá .

The two salesmen palgued him with questions, but he ignored them.

联系 liánxì rén zài 咱们 zámen 手中 cuán zhāo ,回来 huí lai ,我们 wǒmen jiù fàng .

The negotiator stays in our hands until you come back safe.

yāo zhǎo xiē 别的 bié de 事情 shìqing zuò , cuán Qián lái .

I'll get something else and save up. "

Words with cuán

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
cuán to collect zǎn
积攒 jī zǎn to accumulate積攢
攒簇 cuán cù to gather closely together攢簇
攒集 cuán jí to gather攢集
拼攒 pīn cuán to assemble拼攢

cuán Decomposition & Compounds

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cuán Decomposition

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