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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zé | ze2
English translation
interjection of approval or admiration

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口责

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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人们 rén men duì 经济 jīngjì 利率 lì lǜ 房价 fáng jià 啧有烦言

There have been grouses about the economy, interest rates and house prices.

duì 小孩 xiǎo hái 讲述 jiǎng shù de 遭遇 zāoyù 老师 lǎoshī 啧啧 zé zé de 表示同情

The teacher clucked sympathetically at the child's story.

chuī le chuī 勺子 sháozi de Tāng 然后 ránhòu 啧啧 zé zé de le 下去 xià qù

He blew on his soup before slurping it off the spoon.

咂嘴发出 fā chū 啧啧声吸引 xīyǐn 他们 tā men de 注意 zhùyì

He clicked his tongue to attract their attention.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
啧啧 zé zé to click one's tongue嘖嘖
to click one's tongue
啧啧称奇 zé zé chēng qí to be astonished嘖嘖稱奇

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