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chuí

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chuí Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chuí | chui2
English translation
a hammer
spine, vertebra; hammer, mallet
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuī | zhui1
English translation
spine

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About chuí

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

chuí

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

Etymology of chuí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木隹

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhuī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhuī represents the sound.

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Example sentences using chuí

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diǎo 人类 rénlèi dōu shì 脊椎 jǐ zhuī 动物 dòngwù .

Fish, birds, and human beings are vertebrates.

但是 dànshì , zài 脊椎 jǐ zhuī 动物 dòngwù Zhōng , 神秘莫 de 大自然 dà zì rán zhǐ 选择 xuǎnzé le shé ( zhǒng 蜥蜴 xī yì ).

But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes ( and one lizard ).

两组 dōu 具有 jù yǒu 通常 tōngcháng 脊椎动物 jǐ zhuī dòng wù cái 具备 jùbèi de 两个特征 tèzhēng

Both groups share two attributes normally associated with vertebrates.

这一动作 dòngzuò 舒展 shū zhǎn 脊椎 jǐ zhuī 使 shǐ 脊神经更加 gèng jiā 强健 qiáng jiàn

This movement lengthens your spine and tones the spinal nerves.

鲍威尔 Bào wēi ěr de 椎间盘 zhuī jiān pán 破裂 pò liè zài 床上 tǎng le 一年

Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year.

Words with chuí

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
脊椎 jǐ zhuī vertebra脊椎 jǐ zhuī
chuí a hammer chuí
颈椎 jǐngzhuī cervical vertebra頸椎
腰椎 yāo zhuī lumbar vertebra (lower backbone)腰椎 yāo zhuī
椎骨 zhuī gǔ vertebra椎骨 zhuī gǔ
椎间盘 zhuī jiān pán intervertebral disk椎間盤
颈椎病 jǐng zhuī bìng cervical spondylosis頸椎病
脊椎骨 jǐ zhuī gǔ vertebra脊椎骨 jǐ zhuī gǔ
胸椎 xiōng zhuī thoracic vertebra胸椎 xiōng zhuī
脊椎动物 jǐ zhuī dòng wù vertebrate脊椎動物
腰椎间盘 yāo zhuī jiān pán intervertebral disk腰椎間盤
无脊椎动物 wú jǐ zhuī dòng wù invertebrate無脊椎動物
尾椎 wěi zhuī coccyx尾椎 wěi zhuī

chuí Decomposition & Compounds

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chuí Decomposition

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