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yǒng

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yǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yǒng | yong3
English translation
to sing, to hum, to chant

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About yǒng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

yǒng

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of yǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

言永

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

yǒng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and yǒng represents the sound. Simplified form of yǒng .

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Words with yǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yǒng to sing yǒng
歌咏 gē yǒng singing歌詠
谭咏麟 Tán Yǒng lín Alan Tam (1950-), Hong Kong Canto-pop singer and actor譚詠麟
咏叹调 yǒng tàn diào aria詠嘆調
吟咏 yín yǒng to recite吟詠
袁咏仪 Yuán Yǒng yí Anita Yuen (1971-), Hong Kong actress袁詠儀

yǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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