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mèn

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mèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mèn | men4
English translation
to simmer, to cook over a slow fire

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About mèn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

mèn

Contains the radical

Huǒ

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

fire

Etymology of mèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

火闷

Semantic compound

Huǒ

Phonetic compound

mēn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Huǒ represents the meaning and mēn represents the sound. Simplified form of mèn .

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Example sentences using mèn

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gěi 他们 tā men shǎng de shì 迷迭香 mí dié xiāng mèn 羊肉 yángròu Líng 惊讶 jīngyà 的是自己 zìjǐ 竟然 jìngrán chī 那么 nà me 起劲儿

They were served lamb and rosemary and she surprised herself by eating greedily.

Words with mèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
mèn to stew mèn

mèn Decomposition & Compounds

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