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liàng

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liàng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liàng | liang4
English translation
to dry in the air
(fig.) to cold-shoulder
to air-dry; to sun-dry

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About liàng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

liàng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

sun

Etymology of liàng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

日京

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Jīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Jīng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using liàng

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湿 shī 衣服 yīfu liàng zài 外面 wài miàn de 绳子 shéngzi shǎng shài gān .

She hung out the wet clothes on the line to dry.

de 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu guà 起来 qǐlai ,以便 yǐbiàn 晾干 liàng gān .

She hung up her wet clothes in order to dry them out.

草垫子 cǎo diàn zi gāi liàng liàng le .

The straw mattress needs to be aired.

星期天 Xīng qī tiān 我们 wǒmen 常常 cháng cháng 衣服 yīfu 外面 wài miàn liàng liàng .

We always air our clothes on Sundays.

沉思 chénsī de 目光 mùguāng 越过 yuè guò 的头 dǐng ,他正 Xiàng hěn yuǎn de 地方 dìfāng liàng wàng .

His thoughtful eyes looked beyond my head to the horizon.

Words with liàng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
liàng to dry in the air liàng
晾干 liàng gān to dry by the sun晾乾

liàng Decomposition & Compounds

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liàng Decomposition

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