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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mǔ | mu3
English translation
female tutor (old)
woman who looks after small children
governess, matron, nanny

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

woman

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

女母

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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Hàn 德尔先于萨姆·约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn 0.06 miǎo de 成绩 chéngjì 获得 huòdé 金牌 jīn pái .

Handle won the gold medal with 06 second in front of Sam Johnson.

汤姆 Tāng mǔ réng zài 埋头 mái tóu 撰写 zhuàn xiě Zēng 允诺 yǔn nuò de běn 新书 ?

Is Tom still working at the new book that he promised?

wàng le jiào 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 上学 shàng xué .

He neglected calling Tom to school.

这个 zhè ge 男孩 nán hái 身体 shēntǐ 矮壮,生着一张丑陋 chǒu lòu què tǎo rén 喜欢 xǐhuan de 泰姆纳人的扁 kuò de 面孔 miàn kǒng .

The boy was shot and squat with the broad ugly pleasant face of a Temne.

盖茨 Gài cí de jiǎo 不耐烦 bùnàifán 地连 qiāo le shēng , 引起 yǐnqǐ 汤姆 Tāng mǔ 突然 tūrán qiáo le yǎn .

Gatsby's foot beat a short , restless tattoo and Tom eyed him suddenly.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
(old) female tutor
保姆 bǎomǔ nanny保姆 bǎomǔ
萨达姆 Sà dá mǔ Saddam薩達姆
汤姆 Tāng mǔ Tom (name)湯姆
詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī James (name)詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī
贝克汉姆 Bèi kè hàn mǔ Beckenham or Beckham (name)貝克漢姆
阿姆斯特丹 Ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands阿姆斯特丹 Ā mǔ sī tè dān
拉姆斯菲尔德 Lā mǔ sī fēi ěr dé Donald Rumsfeld (1932-), former US Secretary of Defense拉姆斯菲爾德
阿姆斯特朗 Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng surname Armstrong阿姆斯特朗 Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng
克里姆林宫 Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng the Kremlin克里姆林宮
哈姆雷特 Hā mǔ léi tè Hamlet (name)哈姆雷特 Hā mǔ léi tè
拉姆安拉 Lā mǔ ān lā Ramallah拉姆安拉 Lā mǔ ān lā
沙姆沙伊赫 Shā mǔ Shā yī hè Sharm el-Sheikh, city in Egypt沙姆沙伊赫 Shā mǔ Shā yī hè
汤姆逊 Tāng mǔ xùn Thomson (name)湯姆遜

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Decomposition

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