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xīng

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xīng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xīng | xing1
English translation
ape, orangutan

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About xīng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

xīng

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

animal

Etymology of xīng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭星

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

xīng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and xīng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xīng

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kuài dào 年底 nián dǐ shí rǎn shǎng le 猩红热 xīng hóng rè .

Toward the end of the year he caught scarlet fever.

我们 wǒmen kān liǎng zhǐ 猩猩 xīng xing zài 互相 hùxiāng Máo .

We watched two apes grooming each other.

第三只大猩猩 dà xīng xing yāo 高出一头 yī tóu

The third gorilla was taller by a head.

知道 zhīdào 研究 yánjiū 黑猩猩 hēi xīng xing 至今已有30 Nián le

I know that you'vebeen studying chimpanzees for thirty years now.

Words with xīng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
猩猩 xīng xing orangutan猩猩 xīng xing
大猩猩 dà xīng xing gorilla大猩猩 dà xīng xing
xīng ape xīng
黑猩猩 hēi xīng xing common chimpanzee黑猩猩 hēi xīng xing
猩红 xīng hóng scarlet猩紅
猩红热 xīng hóng rè scarlet fever猩紅熱

xīng Decomposition & Compounds

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