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chāo

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chāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chāo | chao1
English translation
money
paper money
variant of chāo [chāo]
bank note, paper money; to counterfeit

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About chāo

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

chāo

Contains the radical

jīn

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

money

Etymology of chāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

钅少

Semantic compound

jīn

Phonetic compound

shǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. jīn represents the meaning and shǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of chāo .

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Example sentences using chāo

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接受 jiēshòu de shì liǎng Zhāng 软软 de , 漂亮 piàoliang de 10 Yuán 绿色 lǜ sè 钞票 chāopiào .

The money she had accepted was two soft , green, handsome ten - dollar bills.

Zhāng 5美元 Měi yuán de 钞票 chāopiào Chéng 5张一美元的钞票.

A five - dollar bill changes into five one - dollar bills.

zài de 西装 xī zhuāng 背心 bèi xīn 口袋 kǒu dài yǒu xiē 零碎 líng suì 票子 -- 绿颜色 yánsè de 美钞 Měi chāo .

There were some loose bills in his vest pocket -- greenbacks.

钞票 chāopiào féng 这样 zhè yàng 结实 jiēshí , 还缀内衣 nèi yī , dào 商场 shāng chǎng wǎng chū tāo ?

The bill sew fructify so, underwear in, arrive the market go toward?

de biǎo màn le 5 chāo Zhōng .

My watch is five seconds slow.

Words with chāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
钞票 chāopiào paper money鈔票
chāo money chāo
假钞 jiǎ chāo forged note假鈔
运钞车 yùn chāo chē armored car (for transporting valuables)運鈔車
伪钞 wěi chāo counterfeit currency偽鈔
美钞 Měi chāo greenback美鈔
验钞机 yàn chāo jī a device used to check money and detect counterfeit bills驗鈔機
纸钞 zhǐ chāo banknote紙鈔
钱钞 qián chāo money錢鈔
冥钞 míng chāo false paper money burned as an offering to the dead冥鈔
破钞 pò chāo to spend money破鈔

chāo Decomposition & Compounds

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chāo Decomposition

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