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shuàn

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shuàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shuàn | shuan4
English translation
to rinse
to trick
to fool sb
to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
to rinse; to boil or cook in juice

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About shuàn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shuàn

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of shuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵刷

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

shuā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and shuā represents the sound.

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Example sentences using shuàn

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倒掉沉渣, shuàn 干净 gānjìng .

Pour the dregs away and rinse the pot.

Words with shuàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
shuàn to rinse shuàn
涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu Mongolian hot pot涮羊肉 shuàn yáng ròu
开涮 kāi shuàn to play tricks on開涮
涮锅子 shuàn guō zi hot pot涮鍋子

shuàn Decomposition & Compounds

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shuàn Decomposition

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