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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wù | wu4
English translation
bank, entrenchment, low wall; dock

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

土乌

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

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

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zài 好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù 停工 tíng gōng huì 损失 sǔnshī 许多 xǔduō Qián

Downtime in Hollywood can cost a lot of money.

这艘游艇 yóu tǐng xiàn 停泊 tíngbó zài 利明顿 de 一处船坞 chuán wù

The yacht now lies in a boatyard at Lymington.

众多 zhòng duō de 好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù 名流 míng liú dōu 光顾 guāng gù 珍妮特· ēn de 美甲店

The glitterati of Hollywood are flocking to Janet Vaughan's nail salon.

本能 běnnéng 使 shǐ 跃至一线 yī xiàn 成功 Chénggōng 跻身 jī shēn 好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù 耀眼 yàoyǎn de 女明星之列

"Basic Instinct" catapulted her to top status among Hollywood's glamour goddesses.

脱离 tuōlí le 好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù de bāng 人数 rén shù 日益 rìyì 增多 zēng duō de 明星 míngxīng Zhōng de 一员

one of a growing clan of stars who have left Hollywood

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
好莱坞 Hǎo lái wù Hollywood好萊塢
dock
船坞 chuán wù (maritime) dock船塢

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