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qiú

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qiú Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qiú | qiu2
English translation
fur coat; surname

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About qiú

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

qiú

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

clothes

Etymology of qiú

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

求衣

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

qiú

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using qiú

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xiǎng : “ 如果 rúguǒ duō 吃些 Néng jiù 裘莉亚, kěn kěn ?

He thought:'If I could save Julia by doubling my own pain, would I do it?

shǎo Chéng duō ,腋成 qiú ; Shā chēn zhōu .

Many a little makes a mickle; many sands will sink a ship.

shì 克拉克 Kè lā kè jiā 孩子 háizi de Chē , shì 温特 Sāi 特橄榄球 duì de 四分 Wèi , gēn 裘迪. lái 弗伦 sēn 经常 jīngcháng 约会 yuēhuì .

The Clark boy. Quarterback on the Winterset team. Dated Judy Leverenson.

麦格 qiú xiàng 一对 yī duì 忠实 zhōngshí de xiǎo 鹳似 de wéi 她们 tā men de 母亲 mǔqīn .

Meg and Jo fed their mother like dutiful young storks.

显然 xiǎnrán zhǐ de shì qiú 西约翰 Yuē hàn ne - Fāng tán 迈克尔 Mài kè ěr de 保镖 bǎo biāo 伯特-奈里.

He obviously meant Jules, Lucy, Johnny Fontane and Michael's bodyguard, Albert Neri.

Words with qiú

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
qiú fur qiú
集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú many a mickle makes a muckle集腋成裘 jí yè chéng qiú
克绍箕裘 kè shào jī qiú to follow in one's father's footsteps克紹箕裘
肥马轻裘 féi mǎ qīng qiú fig. to live in luxury肥馬輕裘
貂裘换酒 diāo qiú huàn jiǔ lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)貂裘換酒
轻裘肥马 qīng qiú féi mǎ fig. to live in luxury輕裘肥馬

qiú Decomposition & Compounds

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