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diāo

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diāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diāo | diao1
English translation
withered, fallen; exhausted

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About diāo

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

diāo

Contains the radical

bīng

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

ice

Etymology of diāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

冫周

Semantic compound

bīng

Phonetic compound

Zhōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bīng represents the meaning and Zhōu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using diāo

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苍松翠柏 cāng sōng cuì bǎi , Cháng 绿 diāo .

The pine and the cypress remain green all the year round.

Huā shé xià 不久 bù jiǔ jiù huì 凋谢 diāo xiè .

Flowers soon fade when cut.

目的 mùdì  探讨 tàntǎo èr 烯丙基三硫(diallydisulfide,DATS)诱导 yòu dǎo rén 胃癌 wèi aí MGC - 803细胞 xìbāo 凋亡作用 zuòyòng 机制 jī zhì .

Objective To investigate DATS inducing MGC - 803 cell apoptosis and its possible mechanism.

泛白 fàn bái 凋零 diāo líng de 玫瑰 méi guī Cóng 蓝色 lán sè de 花瓶 huā píng 耷拉 dā la 下来 xià lai

Pale wilting roses drooped from a blue vase.

Words with diāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diāo withered diāo
凋谢 diāo xiè to wither凋謝
凋零 diāo líng withered凋零 diāo líng
凋落 diāo luò to wilt凋落 diāo luò
凋敝 diāo bì impoverished凋敝 diāo bì
民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì

diāo Decomposition & Compounds

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