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yǒng

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yǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǒng | yong3
English translation
to bubble up
to rush forth
to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth

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About yǒng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

yǒng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of yǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵甬

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound. Simplified form of yǒng .

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Example sentences using yǒng

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不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ bèi 后面 hòumian de 人群 rén qún tuī yǒng ér qián .

I was forced along , against my wish, by the crowd behind me.

Hóng Shuǐ 十二 shí èr 英尺 yīng chǐ Gāo de Shuǐ yǒng lái .

The flood came in a wall of water twelve feet high.

冷水 lěng shuǐ 可以 kěyǐ yǒng kāi 或者 huòzhě 可以平 liú dào dōng 半球 bàn qiú .

Cold water may be upwelled or may be advected into the winter hemisphere.

xuè Cóng 胳膊 gēbo shǎng 深深 shēn shēn de 伤口 shāng kǒu yǒng 出来 chū lái .

Blood was spouting from the deep cut in his arm.

心中 xīn zhōng 涌起 yǒng qǐ Fēng 孩子 háizi de .

In her heart surged the yearning for children.

Words with yǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yǒng to bubble up yǒng
涌现 yǒngxiàn to spring up湧現
汹涌 xiōngyǒng turbulent洶湧
涌入 yǒng rù influx湧入
喷涌 pēn yǒng to bubble out噴湧
涌起 yǒng qǐ to well up湧起
涌进 yǒng jìn to spill湧進
涌泉 yǒng quán gushing spring湧泉
风起云涌 fēng qǐ yún yǒng to grow by leaps and bounds風起雲湧
泉涌 quán yǒng to gush泉湧
潮涌 cháo yǒng to surge like the tide潮湧
波涛汹涌 bō tāo xiōng yǒng waves surging forth波濤洶涌
翻涌 fān yǒng to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)翻湧
涌流 yǒng liú to gush湧流
涌浪 yǒng làng swell湧浪
云涌 yún yǒng in force雲湧
涌溢 yǒng yì to well up湧溢
风起潮涌 fēng qǐ cháo yǒng turbulent times風起潮湧

yǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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yǒng Decomposition

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yǒng Compounds

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