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支流 zhīliú

支流 zhīliú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 支流 zhīliú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhīliú | zhi1 liu2
English translation
tributary (river)

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Traditional form

支流 zhīliú

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 支流 zhīliú

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Zhī

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand ( yòu ) lifting a piece of bamboo ().

Positional decomposition

十又

Number of Strokes

4
liú

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Depicts an upside-down child () being born headfirst with amniotic fluid flowing out.

Phonetic compound

liú

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Positional decomposition

氵㐬

Number of Strokes

10

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Example sentences using 支流 zhīliú

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向量 xiàng liàng shì yòng de 幸存 xìng cún huò 四元 shǔ 的无价值 jiàzhí de 支流 zhīliú .

Vector is a useless survival, or offshoot from quaternions.

tiáo 小溪 xiǎo xī 分成 fēn chéng liǎng zhǎi ér 弯曲 wān qū de 支流 zhīliú .

The stream bifurcates into two narrow winding channels.

支流 zhīliú Decomposition

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支流 zhīliú Compounds

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  • Zhī
      • , , fén , táo , , chāng , gāo , , dōng , , , , ,
    • sǒu
      • sōu , sōu , shòu , sǎo , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sōu , sǒu , sōu , , sōu , , , , , , , sōu , 餿 sōu ,
    • , , zhī , chì , zhī , , zhī , , , shì , guǐ , zhì , guì , , , , , zhī , , , , , , , , , , ,
  • liú
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