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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wò | wo4
English translation
fertile
rich
to irrigate
to wash (of river)
to water, to irrigate; fertile, rich

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

water

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵夭

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yāo represents the sound.

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沃顿 Wò dùn zài 接下来 jiē xià lái de 4 fēn 25 miǎo 接连 jiēlián 领到 lǐng dào 个人 gèrén 犯规 fàn guī .

Walton picked up four personal fouls over the next 4:

除了 chúle 名字 míngzi 以外 yǐ wài , ěr Sōng 传说 chuánshuō 尼伯龙 gēn 之歌》几乎 jīhū 一样 yīyàng .

The Volsunga Saga and Nibelungenlied hardly differ in anything but the name.

沃尔特自然 zìrán de 平衡 pínghéng 上帝 Shàng dì huá 等号 děng hào ?

Did Walter equate the balance of nature with God?

bàn 小时 xiǎoshí 以后 yǐ hòu , Hǎi 沃德气冲冲 qì chōng chōng de chuǎng le 进来 jìn lái , 面孔 miàn kǒng 涨得通红 tōng hóng .

Half an hour later, Heyward stormed in, his face flushed.

霍克沃德 yòng 这种 zhè zhǒng 方法 fāngfǎ 挣得 zhèng dé Qián .

Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
rich
沃尔玛 Wò ěr mǎ Wal-Mart, Walmart (retailer)沃爾瑪
沃尔沃 Wò ěr wò Volvo (Swedish car company)沃爾沃
科索沃 Kē suǒ wò Kosovo科索沃 Kē suǒ wò
肥沃 féiwò fertile肥沃 féiwò
沃土 wò tǔ fertile land沃土 wò tǔ
沃伦 Wò lún Warren (name)沃倫
密尔沃基 Mì ěr wò jī Milwaukee (city)密爾沃基
沃尔夫 Wò ěr fū Wolf, Woolf (name)沃爾夫
沃顿 Wò dùn Wharton (name)沃頓
霍格沃茨 Huò gé wò cí Hogwarts (Harry Potter)霍格沃茨 Huò gé wò cí
沃尔夫斯堡 Wò ěr fū sī bǎo Wolfsburg沃爾夫斯堡
沃达丰 Wò dá fēng Vodafone (telephone company)沃達豐

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Decomposition

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