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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sī | si1
English translation
the neighing of a hoarse, gravel-voiced, hoarse

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口斯

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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声嘶力竭 shēng sī lì jié de jiào .

He suddenly cried out at the top of his voice.

zài bèn de huì míng huò bǎi wěi .

It is an ill horse can neither whinny nor wag his tail.

我们 wǒmen suǒ Néng 听到 tīng dào de 只是 zhǐ shì 一些 yī xiē 模糊不 Qīng de 劈啪 pī pā shēng , 咕嘟 shēng 嘶嘶声 sī sī shēng .

All we can hear is an indistinct crackling, bubbling and hissing.

ya ——”卡拉 Kǎ lā 放开 fàng kāi 喉咙 hóulóng 发出 fā chū 武神瓦尔基一般 yībān de 喊声 hǎn shēng

"Yaaaaaaa," Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.

那么 nà me 认为 rènwéi 如何 rúhé ?”声音 shēngyīn 嘶哑 sī yǎ de 悄声 qiǎo shēng 问道 wèn dào

"So what do you think?" she said in a hoarse whisper.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hiss
声嘶力竭 shēng sī lì jié to shout oneself hoarse (idiom)聲嘶力竭
嘶哑 sī yǎ hoarse嘶啞
嘶叫 sī jiào to neigh嘶叫 sī jiào
嘶吼 sī hǒu to yell嘶吼 sī hǒu
嘶鸣 sī míng to neigh嘶鳴
嘶喊 sī hǎn to shout嘶喊 sī hǎn
人喊马嘶 rén hǎn mǎ sī hubbub人喊馬嘶

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