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kuì

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kuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kuì | kui4
English translation
a flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse

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About kuì

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

kuì

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

water

Etymology of kuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵貴

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

guì

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and guì represents the sound. Simplified form of kuì .

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Words with kuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
崩溃 bēngkuì to collapse崩潰
溃疡 kuì yáng ulcer潰瘍
kuì to fester kuì
击溃 jī kuì to defeat擊潰
溃烂 kuì làn to fester潰爛
溃败 kuì bài routed潰敗
溃散 kuì sǎn defeated潰散
溃不成军 kuì bù chéng jūn utterly defeated潰不成軍
溃逃 kuì táo to flee in disorder潰逃
溃兵 kuì bīng defeated troops潰兵
溃决 kuì jué to burst潰決
一触即溃 yī chù jí kuì to give way at once一觸即潰
溃军 kuì jūn routed troops潰軍

kuì Decomposition & Compounds

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