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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
pǔ | pu3
English translation
chart
list
table
register
score (music)
spectrum (physics)
to set to music
chart, list, table; spectrum; musical score

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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speech

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠普

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yán represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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这些 zhè xiē yún de 光谱 guāng pǔ 照射 zhào shè de liàng xīng 的光谱极其 jíqí 相似 xiāngsì .

These clouds show spectra remarkably similar to those of the illuminating star.

这些 zhè xiē shù de 系谱可以 kěyǐ 追溯 zhuī sù dào 数千年 qián .

These trees have pedigrees stretching back thousands of years.

因此 yīncǐ zài 效果 xiàoguǒ shǎng shì 加大 jiā dà le 脉冲 mài chōng de 陡度 dǒu dù .

Then the effect is to steepen the flanks of the pulse spectrum.

银行 yínháng 贷款 dàikuǎn 利率 lì lǜ Gāo tài 离谱 lí pǔ .

The band loan rate is unbelievably high.

今天 jīntiān de 冠军 guànjūn 确实 quèshí 展现 zhǎnxiàn le 纯种 chún zhǒng 系谱.

The champions really showed their pedigree today.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chart
离谱 lí pǔ excessive離譜
食谱 shí pǔ cookbook食譜
菜谱 cài pǔ recipe菜譜
光谱 guāng pǔ spectrum光譜
乐谱 yuèpǔ a musical score樂譜
图谱 tú pǔ atlas圖譜
频谱 pín pǔ spectrum頻譜
家谱 jiā pǔ genealogy家譜
质谱仪 zhì pǔ yí mass spectrometer質譜儀
脸谱 Liǎn pǔ Facebook臉譜
族谱 zú pǔ lineage族譜
谱曲 pǔ qǔ to compose a piece of music譜曲
谱写 pǔ xiě to compose (a piece of music)譜寫
光谱仪 guāng pǔ yí spectrometer光譜儀
谱子 pǔ zi musical score譜子
质谱 zhì pǔ mass spectrometry質譜
没谱 méi pǔ to be clueless沒譜
摆谱 bǎi pǔ to put on airs擺譜
五线谱 wǔ xiàn pǔ stave五線譜
谱系 pǔ xì pedigree譜係
棋谱 qí pǔ kifu (record of a game of go or shogi)棋譜
年谱 nián pǔ chronicle (of sb's life)年譜
谱分析 pǔ fēn xī spectral analysis (physics)譜分析

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Decomposition

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