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xiōng

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xiōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiōng | xiong1
English translation
breast, chest, thorax; to clamor; Hungary

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About xiōng

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

xiōng

Contains the radical

bāo

Part of speech

Place name / 地名 dì míng Dìmíng

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Etymology of xiōng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

勹凶

Semantic compound

bāo

Phonetic compound

xiōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. bāo represents the meaning and xiōng represents the sound.

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Example sentences using xiōng

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就是 jiù shì 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì 足球 zú qiú de 现实 xiànshí 他们 tā men Néng 非常 fēicháng bàng yǒu 可能 kěnéng 非常 fēicháng zāo

That is the fact of Hungarian football — they can play very well or very poorly.

可能 kěnéng 认为 rènwéi 匈牙利语 Xiōng yá lì yǔ hěn 容易 róngyì xué 其实不然

You might think Hungarian a pushover to learn. It is not.

shuì 选举 xuǎnjǔ de 真正 zhēnzhèng 赢家 yíng jiā shì 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì 人民 rén mín

The real winners of the election, he said, were the Hungarian people.

他们 tā men 最终 zuì zhōng de 目标 mùbiāo shì wéi 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì 建立 jiànlì 市场 shìchǎng 经济体制 jīng jì tǐ zhì

Their ultimate aim was a market economy for Hungary.

shì 公认 gōngrèn de 匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì 最有手腕 shǒu wàn de 政治家 zhèng zhì jiā

He is widely regarded as Hungary's most skilful politician.

Words with xiōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì Hungary匈牙利 Xiōng yá lì
匈奴 Xiōng nú Xiongnu匈奴 Xiōng nú
xiōng Hungary xiōng

xiōng Decomposition & Compounds

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