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zhuì

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zhuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuì | zhui4
English translation
to drop, to fall down, to sink; heavy; weight

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About zhuì

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

zhuì

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

earth

Etymology of zhuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

隊土

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

duì

Explanation

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

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Words with zhuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
zhuì to fall zhuì
坠毁 zhuì huǐ (of an airplane etc) to fall to the ground and crash墜毀
坠落 zhuì luò to fall墜落
坠入 zhuì rù to drop into墜入
坠机 zhuì jī airplane crash墜機
摇摇欲坠 yáo yáo yù zhuì tottering搖搖欲墜
天花乱坠 tiān huā luàn zhuì hype天花亂墜
坠子 zhuì zi weight墜子
失坠 shī zhuì loss失墜

zhuì Decomposition & Compounds

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