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chéng

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chéng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chéng | cheng2
English translation
variant of chéng [chéng]
clear
limpid
to clarify
to purify
surname Cheng
clear, limpid, pure
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dèng | deng4
English translation
(of liquid) to settle
to become clear

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About chéng

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

chéng

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

water

Etymology of chéng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵登

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

dēng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using chéng

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例子 lì zi jiāng 有助于 yǒu zhù yú 澄清 chéngqīng de 意思 yìsi .

An example will help to clarify what I mean.

澄清 chéngqīng zài 靠近 kào jìn Chí de de 地方 dìfāng pái chū .

Clatified liquor is withdrawn near the bottom.

zài 杯子 bēizi dǎo Mǎn le 澄清 chéngqīng de 巴勃辣 Hóng jiǔ .

He filled his glass with the clear red barbera.

从未 cóng wèi 看到 Guò xiàng 那样 nà yàng 澄绿 de 眼睛 yǎnjing

He'd never seen eyes as green as hers.

本次初步 chūbù 会议 huìyì de 目标 mùbiāo shì 澄清 chéngqīng 这些 zhè xiē 问题 wèntí

The aim of this initial meeting is to clarify the issues.

Words with chéng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
澄清 chéngqīng limpid澄清 chéngqīng
chéng clear chéng
澄海 Chéng hǎi Sea of serenity (Mare Serenitatis, on the moon)澄海 Chéng hǎi
澄澈 chéng chè limpid澄澈 chéng chè
澄海区 Chéng hǎi qū Chenghai district of Shantou city 汕头市 Shàn tóu Shì , Guangdong澄海區
黄澄澄 huáng dèng dèng glistening yellow黃澄澄
澄迈 Chéng mài Chengmai County, Hainan澄邁
澄江 Chéng jiāng Chengjiang county in Yuxi 玉溪 Yù xī [Yù​xī], east Yunnan, famous as lower Cambrian fossil site澄江 Chéng jiāng
澄迈县 Chéng mài xiàn Chengmai County, Hainan澄邁縣
清澄 qīng chéng limpid清澄 qīng chéng
澄城县 Chéng chéng Xiàn Chengcheng County in Weinan 渭南 Wèi nán [Wèi​nán], Shaanxi澄城縣
澄城 Chéng chéng Chengcheng County in Weinan 渭南 Wèi nán [Wèi​nán], Shaanxi澄城 Chéng chéng
澄江县 Chéng jiāng xiàn Chengjiang county in Yuxi 玉溪 Yù xī [Yù​xī], Yunnan澄江縣
杨澄中 Yáng Chéng zhōng Yang Chengzhong (1913-1987), Chinese nuclear physicist楊澄中

chéng Decomposition & Compounds

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chéng Decomposition

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