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湾 wān

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湾 wān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wān | wan1
English translation
bay
gulf
to cast anchor
to moor (a boat)
bay, cove, gulf, inlet

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About 湾 wān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

灣 wān

Contains the radical

氵 shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of 湾 wān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰氵弯

Semantic compound

氵 shuǐ

Phonetic compound

弯 wān

Explanation

Simplified form of 灣 wān . Phonosemantic compound. 氵 shuǐ represents the meaning and 彎 wān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using 湾 wān

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人工 réngōng 湖 hú 有 yǒu 玉 yù 液 yè 池 Chí , 眉 méi 湾 wān 、 丹霞 Dān xiá 湖 hú 、 静 jìng 泊 bó .

There are man - made lake Chi Yu Ye , Mei Wan, Lake, quiet park.

旅馆 lǚ guǎn 位于 wèiyú 马里 Mǎ lǐ 湾 wān 的 de 下风 xià fēng 岸 àn .

The hotel is situated on the sheltered shores of the Moray Firth.

山岩的 de 一 yī 小 xiǎo 角 Jué 突入港湾 gǎngwān .

A small section of rock juts out into the harbour.

大 dà 海湾 Hǎi wān 背 bēi 靠 kào 着 zhāo 庄严 zhuāngyán 的 de 山脉 shānmài .

The large bay has a superb backdrop of mountains.

小 xiǎo 湾 wān 对岸 duì àn ,沿着 yán zhe 河边 hé biān ,东 Dōng 卵 luǎn 豪华 háohuá 住宅区 zhù zhái qū 的 de 洁白 jié bái 的 de 宫殿式的 de 大厦 dàshà 闪烁着光彩 guāngcǎi .

Across the courtesy bay the white palaces of fashionable East Egg glittered along the water.

Words with 湾 wān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
台湾 Tái wān Taiwan台灣
湾 wān bay灣 wān
海湾 Hǎi wān bay海灣
港湾 gǎngwān natural harbor港灣
墨西哥湾 Mò xī gē Wān Gulf of Mexico墨西哥灣
关塔那摩湾 Guān tǎ nà mó Wān Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)關塔那摩灣
东京湾 Dōng jīng Wān Tokyo Bay東京灣
台湾省 Tái wān shěng Taiwan province (PRC term)臺灣省
台湾海峡 Tái wān Hǎi xiá Taiwan Strait台灣海峽
北部湾 Běi bù Wān Gulf of Tonkin北部灣
荔湾区 Lì wān qū Liwan district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市 Guǎng zhōu shì [Guǎng​zhōu​shì], Guangdong荔灣區
孟加拉湾 Mèng jiā lā wān Bay of Bengal孟加拉灣
台湾岛 Tái wān Dǎo Taiwan Island臺灣島
杭州湾 Háng zhōu wān Hangzhou Bay杭州灣
卢湾区 Lú wān qū Luwan district, central Shanghai盧灣區
波斯湾 Bō sī Wān Persian Gulf波斯灣
亚龙湾 Yà lóng Wān Yalong Bay in Sanya 三亞|三亚 Sān yà [Sān​yà], Hainan亞龍灣
渤海湾 Bó hǎi wān Bohai Bay渤海灣
湾仔 Wān Zǎi Wan Chai district of Hong Kong灣仔
沙湾 Shā wān Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市 Lè shān shì [Lè​shān​shì], Sichuan沙灣
台湾大学 Tái wān Dà xué National Taiwan University臺灣大學

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湾 wān Decomposition

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