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苍白 cāngbái

苍白 cāngbái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 苍白 cāngbái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cāngbái | cang1 bai2
English translation
pale
wan

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Traditional form

蒼白

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí
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Etymology of 苍白 cāngbái

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Cāng

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. cǎo represents the meaning and cāng represents the sound. Simplified form of cāng .

Phonetic compound

cāng

Semantic compound

cǎo

Positional decomposition

艹仓

Number of Strokes

7
Bái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Origin unclear. Used in ancient texts to mean "white" and "hundred" ( Bǎi ).

Positional decomposition

⿻?

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 苍白 cāngbái

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月亮 yuèliang Cóng yún 后面 hòumian zuàn 出来 chū lái ,照出 le 苍白 cāngbái de 面孔 miàn kǒng .

The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the paled face.

顿时 dùnshí 脸色 liǎn sè 苍白 cāngbái ,屁股 pìgu 坐下 zuò xia ,双手 shuāng shǒu 乱扒泥土 ní tǔ .

He just turned pale and sat down and began to scratch in the dirt.

那些 nà xiē lǎo shù de 轮廓 lúnkuò 映衬 yìng chèn zài 苍白 cāngbái de 天空 tiānkōng shǎng .

The old trees were profiled against the pale sky.

苍白 cāngbái ,配给 pèi jǐ dāng 偎依 de 枕头 zhěntou ./ zǒu ! jǐn zài 脚下 jiǎo xià ,作垫 Shí .

Go further! let It'serve to trample on.

马西苍白无力 cāng bái wú lì 地一笑 Yáo le 摇头 yáo tóu

Marcia smiled wanly and shook her head.

苍白 cāngbái Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 苍白 cāngbái and their own compounds.

苍白 cāngbái Compounds

See all 263 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 苍白 cāngbái in their composition.

  • Cāng
    • Bái
      • de
        • ,
      • yuán
        • yuàn , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , yuán , , , , , , , , ,
      • pāi
      • Bǎi
        • bǎi
          • 宿
            • suō , xu , suō , , suō , ,
        • shì
        • , , bǎi kè , fēng , bǎi wǎ , bǎi , bǎi mǐ , , , , , , , ,
      • Huáng
        • huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huǎng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , huáng , , , , , , , , , ,
      • bǎi
      • quán
        • xiàn , xún , quán , , , , , xiàn , , , , ,
      • dōu
      • jiē
        • xié , xié , kǎi , kāi , jiē , xié , jiē , jiē , kǎi , xié , , , , , , , kǎi , , ,
      • zào
        • zào , zào ,
      • hào
        • hào
        • 綿 mián
          • , ,
        • mián , jǐn , mián , , , bāng , 淿, , jǐn
      • gāo
        • áo , háo , gāo , , , , ,
        • yào ,
          • gài ,
        • qīng , jiù , ,
      • zào
      • mào
      • jiǎo
        • , yāo , jiǎo , jiǎo , jiào , , jiǎo , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , , , qiào , jiǎo , , , ,
        • yào , , , , , , , shuò , , , , , , shuò ,
        • gāo , , ,
        • xīng , jiào
        • zhě , , zhé , , , , , , shè , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , guī , , ái , , jiǎo , , , , , , é , wǎn , qiàn , hào , , jiǎo , , piǎo , jiào , , , , , , , , qié , , , , , , , ái , , , , , , , , , ,
      • , , , , , , , ,
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