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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gǔ | gu3
English translation
the sound of running water; to gurgle; confused, disorderly

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

The sound  yuē of a stream shuǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵曰

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rén 几乎 jīhū Néng 听到 tīng dào 植物 zhíwù de gēn zài 吸收 xīshōu 大地 dà dì 养料 yǎng liào , jīng gān 在长 Gāo , 地面 dì miàn 底下 dǐ xia de 小河 xiǎo hé zài 汩汩地流 zhāo .

One could almost hear the roots sucking the earth, the stalks growing, the underground streams trickling.

xuè Cóng 鼻子 bízi 汩汩 liú 出来 chū lái

Blood was spurting from her nose.

大地 dà dì 开裂 kāi liè 汩汩冒出炽热 chì rè de 熔岩 róng yán

The ground had opened to disgorge a boiling stream of molten lava.

Words with

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confused

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