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zhuàn

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zhuàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuàn | zhuan4
English translation
to compose, to write

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About zhuàn

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

zhuàn

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb-like morpheme / 动词性语素 Dòngcí xìng yǔsù

Learning hint

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Etymology of zhuàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

扌巽

Semantic compound

shǒu

Phonetic compound

xùn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shǒu represents the meaning and xùn represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Example sentences using zhuàn

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汤姆 Tāng mǔ réng zài 埋头 mái tóu 撰写 zhuàn xiě Zēng 允诺 yǔn nuò de běn 新书 ?

Is Tom still working at the new book that he promised?

20多岁 shí 曾经 céngjīng 停止 tíng zhǐ xìn Jiào 后来 hòulái 一度 yīdù yòu xìn zài 后来 hòulái 撰写 zhuàn xiě 历史 lìshǐ shǎng 耶稣 Yē sū de 生平 shēng píng 故事 gùshì 时又再脱教

I lapsed in my 20s, returned to it, then lapsed again, while writing the life of historical Jesus.

萌生 méng shēng chū 撰写 zhuàn xiě 系列小说 de 想法 xiǎng fǎ

She had conceived the idea of a series of novels.

吉尔开始 kāishǐ Cóng 一些 yī xiē 行业 hángyè 杂志 zázhì 接点 jiē diǎn 自由 zìyóu 撰稿 zhuàn gǎo de 活儿 huó r

Jill was starting to get some freelance writing jobs from trade magazines.

亚历山大 Yà lì shān dà ·拉扎勒斯 shì wéi 该报撰稿 zhuàn gǎo de 饮食 yǐnshí 评论家 píng lùn jiā

Alexander Lazarus is a food critic for the newspaper.

Words with zhuàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
撰写 zhuàn xiě to write撰寫
杜撰 dù zhuàn to fabricate杜撰 dù zhuàn
撰稿人 zhuàn gǎo rén author (of a manuscript)撰稿人 zhuàn gǎo rén
撰文 zhuàn wén article (in publication)撰文 zhuàn wén
撰稿 zhuàn gǎo to write (an article for publication)撰稿 zhuàn gǎo
编撰 biān zhuàn to compile編撰
zhuàn to compose zhuàn
撰述 zhuàn shù to write撰述 zhuàn shù
修撰 xiū zhuàn to compile修撰 xiū zhuàn

zhuàn Decomposition & Compounds

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