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zhuān

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zhuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuān | zhuan1
English translation
variant of
> zhuān [zhuān]
variant of zhuān
brick
CL: kuài
> kuài [kuài]
tile, brick

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About zhuān

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

zhuān

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of zhuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石专

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

zhuān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and zhuān represents the sound. Simplified form of zhuān .

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Example sentences using zhuān

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Shí léng kǎn dǐng shǎng yǒu dào ǎi 砖墙, 上面 shàng miàn shì 一道 yī dào 铁栏杆.

Upon the top of the bank was a low brick wall, surmounted by an iron railing.

那块损坏 sǔnhuài le de 砖头 zhuān tou 点一点 de qiāo diào ,然后 ránhòu 换上一块 yī kuài Xīn de .

I chip away the damaged brick and replaced it with a new one.

zhù jiān shì liǎng zhuān hòu de qīng zhì 空心 kōng xīn jiē jiān qiáng .

Between the columns were light, hollow panel walls of double brick.

miàn 无表情 wú biǎo qíng de dèng zhāo 面前 miàn qián de 砖墙.

She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.

zài 家居 jiā jū Zhǎn guàng le juān Hòu , 一眼 yī yǎn jiù 看中 kàn zhòng le 一种 yī zhǒng 抛光砖.

In her home around the show ring, on a fancy A polished.

Words with zhuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhuān brick zhuān
瓷砖 cí zhuān ceramic tile瓷磚
砖头 zhuān tou brick磚頭
地砖 dì zhuān floor tile地磚
砖块 zhuān kuài brick磚塊
敲门砖 qiāo mén zhuān to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune敲門磚
抛砖引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)拋磚引玉
添砖加瓦 tiān zhuān jiā wǎ fig. to do one's bit to help添磚加瓦
冰砖 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick冰磚
耐火砖 nài huǒ zhuān firebrick耐火磚
砖瓦 zhuān wǎ tiles and bricks磚瓦
砌砖 qì zhuān to lay bricks砌磚
砖窑场 zhuān yáo chǎng brick kiln磚窯場
镁砖 měi zhuān magnesium brick (refractory material)鎂磚
引玉之砖 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom)引玉之磚
软木砖 ruǎn mù zhuān cork tile軟木磚
搬砖砸脚 bān zhuān zá jiǎo to boomerang搬磚砸腳

zhuān Decomposition & Compounds

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zhuān Decomposition

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