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sōu

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sōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sōu | sou1
English translation
a whizzing sound

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About sōu

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

sōu

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Onomatopoeia / 拟声词 nǐ shēng cí Nǐ shēng cí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of sōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口叟

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

sǒu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and sǒu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using sōu

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嗖嗖 sōu sōu 地挥 zhāo 尾巴 wěiba .

The horse swished its tail.

sōu de 一声 yī shēng 坐到其中 qízhōng 一张深红色 shēn hóng sè de 沙发 shāfā shǎng

I plopped down on one of the dark red sofas.

一颗子弹 zǐdàn sōu de 一声 yī shēng Cóng 耳边飞过 fēi guò

A bullet whizzed past my ear.

起身 qǐ shēn shí 一颗子弹 zǐdàn sōu de 一声 yī shēng Cóng 背后 bèi hòu Guò

As I stood up a bullet whistled past my back.

一辆车嗖地驶过 Cháo 海岸 hǎi àn 开去

A car swished by heading for the coast.

Words with sōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
sōu swishing sōu
嗖嗖 sōu sōu swishing嗖嗖 sōu sōu

sōu Decomposition & Compounds

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