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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yá | ya2
English translation
aphid, plant louse

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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insect

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫牙 chóng yá

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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研究 yánjiū le 百合 bǎi hé shǎng táo 种群 zhǒng qún 数量 shùliàng 季节 jìjié 变动 biàn dòng 动态 dòngtài .

The population dynamic of Myzus Persicae on Lilium Speciosum was studied.

汁液 zhī yè 直接 zhíjiē 流过蚜虫 yá chóng de 身体 shēntǐ , 结果 jiēguǒ zhǐ 是变 gēng chóu gēng tián .

Sap passes right through the aphides'bodies, only getting a little thicker and sweeter.

蚜虫 yá chóng 正在 zhèngzài 毁掉 huǐ diào 一片片 de 小麦 xiǎomài 大麦 dà mài 田地 tián dì

The aphid is now laying waste to the wheat and barley fields.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
蚜虫 yá chóng aphid蚜蟲
aphis

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