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cōng

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cōng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cōng | cong1
English translation
chimney

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About cōng

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

cōng

Contains the radical

wéi

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

A fire  zhǐ burning and giving off smoke

Etymology of cōng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

囗夂

Explanation

Variant form of cōng , which is a pictograph of a window.

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Example sentences using cōng

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yān cōng pēn chū tuán Hēi yān .

The chimney blew out a cloud of black smoke.

Cóng yān cōng mào chū qīng yān .

A plume of smoke rose from the chimney.

这个 zhè ge 工厂 gōngchǎng de yān cōng 一直 yīzhí mào Hēi yān .

The factory has been emitting black smoke from its chimney.

烟囱 yān cōng 里面 lǐ miàn 很快 jiù 覆盖 fùgài le céng 煤烟.

The inside of a chimney soon gets covered in soot.

火车 huǒ chē 烟囱 yān cōng 喷出 pēn chū de 煤屑 méi xiè 煤烟,纷纷 fēnfēn zài 田间 tián jiān 怒放 nù fàng de 野花 yě huā 毛茸茸 máo rōng rōng de 杂草 zá cǎo jīng jiē shǎng .

The engine sowed cinders and soot over the fiery flowers and the hairy knobs of weed.

Words with cōng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
烟囱 yān cōng chimney煙囪
cōng chimney cōng

cōng Decomposition & Compounds

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