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hōng

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hōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hōng | hong1
English translation
to bake
to heat by fire
to set off by contrast
to bake, to roast; to dry by the fire

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About hōng

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

hōng

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of hōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火共

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

gòng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and gòng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hōng

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Xiàng 炉子 lú zi 窥视 kuī shì , xiǎng 看看 kàn kan 里面 lǐ miàn de 馅饼 xiàn bǐng 是否 shìfǒu 已经 yǐjīng hōng hǎo le .

He peeked into the oven at a pie baking there.

zài Huǒ biān hōng zhāo 潮湿 cháoshī de 鞋袜 xié wà .

He dried his wet foot - gear by the fire.

当地 dāngdì 超级市场 chāo jí shì chǎng běn Zhōu hōng dòu 罐头 guàn tou 减价 jiǎn jià .

Baked beans are on offer this week at the local supermarket.

hōng 苹果 píngguǒ shì ài chī de cài .

Baked apples are his favourite dish.

我们 wǒmen hōng le 面包 miànbāo juǎn .

We baked a batch of rolls.

Words with hōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hōng to bake hōng
烘干 hōng gān to dry over a stove烘乾
烘烤 hōng kǎo to roast烘烤 hōng kǎo
烘焙 hōng bèi to bake烘焙 hōng bèi
烘托 hōng tuō backdrop烘托 hōng tuō
臭烘烘 chòu hōng hōng stinking臭烘烘 chòu hōng hōng
烘干机 hōng gān jī clothes dryer烘乾機
暖烘烘 nuǎn hōng hōng cosy暖烘烘 nuǎn hōng hōng
烘箱 hōng xiāng oven烘箱 hōng xiāng
烘制 hōng zhì to bake烘製
烘炉 hōng lú oven烘爐
冬烘 dōng hōng shallow冬烘 dōng hōng
烘云托月 hōng yún tuō yuè a contrasting character to a main hero烘雲托月
烘染 hōng rǎn relief shading (in a picture)烘染 hōng rǎn
烘笼 hōng lóng bamboo drying frame烘籠
烘衬 hōng chèn to set off烘襯

hōng Decomposition & Compounds

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hōng Decomposition

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