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diāo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
diāo | diao1
English translation
sable, mink, marten

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About diāo

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

diāo

Contains the radical

zhì

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

beast

Etymology of diāo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

豸召

Semantic compound

zhì

Phonetic compound

Shào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhì represents the meaning and Shào represents the sound.

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Example sentences using diāo

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画家 huà jiā de 画笔 huà bǐ 有的 yǒu de shì yòng diāo Máo zhì de .

Artists'brushes are sometimes made of sable.

zhēn shǎ ,冷天 lěng tiān méi 穿我貂皮 diāo pí 大衣 dà yī jiù 出门 chū mén le .

I was silly to get out in the cold without my sable coat.

肩上披着 de 貂皮 diāo pí 衬托 chèntuō 更加 gèng jiā 优雅 yōu yǎ 手上 de 钻戒 zuàn jiè 光彩夺目 guāng cǎi duó mù

Her shoulders were graced with mink and her fingers sparkled with diamonds.

有些 yǒu xiē rén 喜欢 xǐhuan 穿 chuān 貂皮大衣 Dài 钻石 zuànshí 首饰 shǒushì

Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds.

Words with diāo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
diāo sable or marten (genus Martes) diāo
貂蝉 Diāo Chán Diaochan (-192), one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女 sì dà měi nǚ [sì​dà​měi​nǚ], in fiction a famous beauty at the break-up of Han dynasty, given as concubine to usurping warlord Dong Zhuo 董卓 Dǒng Zhuó [Dǒng​Zhuó] to ensure his overthrow by fighting hero Lü Bu 呂布|吕布 Lǚ Bù [Lǚ​Bù]貂蟬
貂皮 diāo pí mink fur貂皮 diāo pí
水貂 shuǐ diāo mink (Mustela lutreola, M. vison)水貂 shuǐ diāo
黑貂 hēi diāo sable (Martes zibellina)黑貂 hēi diāo
狗尾续貂 gǒu wěi xù diāo fig. a worthless sequel to a masterpiece狗尾續貂
紫貂 zǐ diāo sable (Martes zibellina)紫貂 zǐ diāo
貂裘换酒 diāo qiú huàn jiǔ lit. to trade a fur coat for wine (idiom)貂裘換酒

diāo Decomposition & Compounds

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