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shào

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shào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shào | shao4
English translation
to connect; to introduce

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About shào

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

shào

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of shào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹召

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Shào represents the sound. Simplified form of shào .

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Words with shào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
介绍 jièshào to introduce (sb to sb)介紹
比绍 Bǐ shào Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau比紹
绍兴 Shào xīng Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang紹興
Shào to continue shào
袁绍 Yuán Shào Yuan Shao (153-202), general during late Han, subsequently warlord袁紹
自我介绍 zì wǒ jiè shào self-introduction自我介紹
绍兴市 Shào xīng shì Shaoxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang紹興市
唐绍仪 Táng Shào yí Tang Shaoyi (1862-1939), politician and diplomat唐紹儀
几内亚比绍 Jī nèi yà Bǐ shào Guinea-Bissau幾內亞比紹
绍兴酒 Shào xīng jiǔ Shaoxing wine a.k.a. "yellow wine", traditional Chinese wine made from glutinous rice and wheat紹興酒
马绍尔群岛 Mǎ shào ěr Qún dǎo Marshall Islands馬紹爾群島
绍兴地区 Shào xīng dì qū Shaoxing prefecture, Zhejiang紹興地區
陈绍 chén Shào old Shaoxing wine陳紹
克绍箕裘 kè shào jī qiú to follow in one's father's footsteps克紹箕裘

shào Decomposition & Compounds

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