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tuān

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tuān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tuān | tuan1
English translation
current, rapids

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About tuān

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

tuān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Adjectival morpheme / 形语素 Xíng yǔ sù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of tuān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵耑

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

duān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and duān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using tuān

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我们 wǒmen dào 科罗拉多河湍急 tuān jí de 河水 hé shuǐ 中划皮划艇 pí huá tǐng

We went white-water rafting on the Colorado River.

zhuā 紧紧 jǐn jǐn de 任凭 rèn píng 冰冷 bīng lěng 湍急 tuān jí de 水流 shuǐ liú Cóng 身上 shēn shang 倾泻 qīng xiè ér xià

She hung on as the freezing, rushing water cascaded past her.

一些 yī xiē rén 不得不 bùdébù 紧紧 jǐn jǐn 抱住树干 shù gàn 因为 yīnwèi 湍急 tuān jí de 洪水 hóngshuǐ huì 他们 tā men 冲倒

Some people had to cling to trees as the flash flood bowled them over.

这条水流 shuǐ liú 湍急 tuān jí 变幻莫测 biàn huàn mò cè

The current of the river is fast flowing and treacherous.

Words with tuān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
湍流 tuān liú turbulence湍流 tuān liú
tuān to rush (of water) tuān
湍急 tuān jí rapid (flow of water)湍急 tuān jí

tuān Decomposition & Compounds

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