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zhāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhāng | zhang1
English translation
manifest
clear, manifest, obvious

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About zhāng

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhāng

Contains the radical

shān

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

Learning hint

sunlight

Etymology of zhāng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

章彡

Semantic compound

shān

Phonetic compound

Zhāng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shān represents the meaning and Zhāng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhāng

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万物 wàn wù dōu zài zhāng xiǎn chūn de 朝气 zhāo qì , 彰显 zhāng xiǎn 春的蓬勃 péng bó .

All the spring shows are energetic, vibrant spring show.

chūn , shì gǒng zhāng xiǎn zhāo 生命 shēngmìng 神奇 shénqí de 画廊 huà láng .

Spring is also the magic of life demonstrated galleries.

这个 zhè ge 城市 chéngshì 恶名昭彰 è míng zhāo zhāng rén 作践 zuò jiàn le 然后 ránhòu 抛弃 pāoqì diào

This town is notorious for chewing people up and spitting them out.

英国皇家空军表彰 biǎozhāng shì 一名非常 fēicháng 能干 nénggàn de 机械师 jī xiè shī

The RAF recognized him as an out-standingly able engineer.

Words with zhāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
表彰 biǎozhāng to honor表彰 biǎozhāng
zhāng clear zhāng
彰显 zhāng xiǎn to manifest彰顯
相得益彰 xiāng dé yì zhāng to complement one another well相得益彰 xiāng dé yì zhāng
欲盖弥彰 yù gài mí zhāng trying to hide it makes it more conspicuous (idiom); A cover up only makes matters worse.欲蓋彌彰
彰化 Zhāng huà Zhanghua or Changhua city and county in west Taiwan彰化 Zhāng huà
彰化县 Zhāng huà xiàn Zhanghua or Changhua county in west Taiwan彰化縣
彰武 Zhāng wǔ Zhangwu county in Fuxin 阜新 Fù xīn , Liaoning彰武 Zhāng wǔ
恶名昭彰 è míng zhāo zhāng infamous惡名昭彰
彰武县 Zhāng wǔ xiàn Zhangwu county in Fuxin 阜新 Fù xīn , Liaoning彰武縣
臭名昭彰 chòu míng zhāo zhāng infamous臭名昭彰 chòu míng zhāo zhāng
彰化市 Zhāng huà shì Zhanghua or Changhua city in west Taiwan, capital of Changhua county彰化市 Zhāng huà shì
彰明较著 zhāng míng jiào zhù obvious彰明較著
彰善瘅恶 zhāng shàn dàn è to praise good and expose vice彰善癉惡
跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng free跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng

zhāng Decomposition & Compounds

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zhāng Decomposition

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