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zhuó

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zhuó Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuó | zhuo2
English translation
to peck

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About zhuó

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

zhuó

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of zhuó

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口豖

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

chù

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Example sentences using zhuó

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fēng zài 林间 chuī Guò ,叶子 yèzi 微微 wēi wēi zuò zhāo 声响 shēng xiǎng .岭上啄木鸟 zhuó mù niǎo zài 波波 de qiāo zhāo shù .

Leaves rustled lightly in the wind and woodpeckers tapped at tree trunks.

diǎo zhuó de 羽毛 yǔ máo 使 shǐ zhī 松散 sōng san .

The bird fluffed its feathers.

母鸡 mǔ jī 啄食 zhuó shí 地上 dì shang de 谷粒 gǔ lì .

The hen ate the grains of corn on the ground.

秃鹰 tū yīng zài 天空 tiānkōng 盘旋 pánxuán děng zhāo 啄食 zhuó shí 鹿 de 尸体 shītǐ .

Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.

zhuó le de tuǐ

It pecked his leg.

Words with zhuó

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhuó to peck zhuó
啄木鸟 zhuó mù niǎo woodpecker啄木鳥
啄食 zhuó shí (of a bird) to peck at food啄食 zhuó shí

zhuó Decomposition & Compounds

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