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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wā | wa1
English translation
frog

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chóng

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

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insect

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

虫圭

Semantic compound

chóng

Phonetic compound

guī

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chóng represents the meaning and guī represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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就是 jiù shì zhǒng 褐色 hè sè de 陶土 táo tǔ bēi , bēi de nèi huà yǒu zhǐ 绿色 lǜ sè de xiǎo 青蛙 qīng wā .

A brown earthenware mug with a little green frog at the bottom.

青蛙 qīng wā 扑通一声跳回水中

The frog plopped back into the water.

这片潮湿 cháoshī 地区 dìqū 吸引 xīyǐn le 青蛙 qīng wā 蟾蜍 chán chú 蝾螈 róng yuán 一类 yī lèi de 生物 shēngwù

This wet area also attracts frogs, toads and newts.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
青蛙 qīng wā frog青蛙 qīng wā
frog
蛙泳 wā yǒng breaststroke (swimming)蛙泳 wā yǒng
牛蛙 niú wā bullfrog牛蛙 niú wā
井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā the frog at the bottom of the well (idiom)井底之蛙 jǐng dǐ zhī wā
蛙人 wā rén frogman蛙人 wā rén
树蛙 shù wā tree frog樹蛙
雨蛙 yǔ wā rain frog雨蛙 yǔ wā
蛙式 wā shì breaststroke (swimming)蛙式 wā shì
井蛙之见 jǐng wā zhī jiàn the view of a frog in a well (idiom); fig. a narrow view井蛙之見

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