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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yà | ya4
English translation
to crush, to grind; mill, roller

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Number of strokes

5

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Chē

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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cart

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

车乚

Semantic compound

Chē

Phonetic compound

gōu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Chē represents the meaning and gōu represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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需要 xūyào Chéng 3 Bǎi zhǒng 规格 guīgé de 钢材 gāng cái .

It needs steel rolled to 300 different specifications.

Mén 旋转 xuánzhuǎn 关起 shí , Mén 发出 fā chū 轧轧 yà yà shēng .

The gate scrooped as he swung It'shut.

de 手卷 shǒu juǎn dào 机器 jīqì làn le

His hand was mangled in the machine.

听到 tīng dào 轮胎 lúntāi 轧过石子铺成 de 车道 chē dào 发出 fā chū 嘎吱 gā zhī shēng

She heard the crunch of tires on the gravel driveway.

辆车 rén 来回 lái huí le 两次 xiān shì dǎo zhāo de zài shì 往前 wǎng qián 开着轧的

The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to crush
冷轧 lěng zhá cold-rolling冷軋
轧钢 zhá gāng to roll steel (into sheets or bars)軋鋼
轧机 zhá jī steel rolling mill軋機
轧制 zhá zhì rolling steel軋製
轧辊 zhá gǔn roller軋輥
倾轧 qīng yà conflict傾軋
轧花机 yà huā jī cotton gin軋花機
轧轧 yà yà (onom.) sound of machinery, e.g. squeaking軋軋
轧钢机 zhá gāng jī a steel rolling mill軋鋼機
挤轧 jǐ yà to bump and shove擠軋
轧道机 yà dào jī road roller軋道機
轧场 yà cháng to roll with a stone roller軋場
轧道车 yà dào chē trolley for inspecting rail track軋道車

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