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jiāng

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jiāng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiāng | jiang1
English translation
ginger; surname

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About jiāng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

jiāng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Simplified form of  jiāng ; grass cǎo provides the meaning while jiāng provides the pronunciation

Etymology of jiāng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

羊女

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Example sentences using jiāng

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huò 应验 yìng yàn le 一句 yī jù lǎo huà : jiāng 还是 háishi 老的.

Might come true the old saying: spicy ginger or older.

yòu tián yòu : Hóng 辣椒 làjiāo jiàng yóu jiāng 制成 zhì chéng de jiàng , hěn 刺激 cìjī .

Sweet meets heat: A chili pepper, soy and ginger sauce.

jiāng shì lǎo de .

Old birds is not to be catched with chaff.

舟曲 Zhōu qǔ 西 南部 nán bù 一度 yīdù wéi shǔ jiāng 姜维屯田 de Zhōng 地区 dìqū .

Zhouqu West, the Southern will once Shu Jiang Da Dynasty's regions.

de 未婚夫 wèi hūn fū 留着 chù 目的 mùdì 姜黃 xiǎo 胡子 hú zi ,修剪 xiū jiǎn hěn 整齐 zhěngqí .

Her fiance & 1 & sported a neat ginger moustache.

Words with jiāng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
jiāng ginger jiāng
生姜 shēng jiāng fresh ginger生薑
姜文 Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director姜文 Jiāng Wén
姜黄 jiāng huáng turmeric薑黃
姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá Jiang Ziya (c. 1100 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), partly mythical sage advisor to King Wen of Zhou 周文王 Zhōu Wén wáng [Zhōu​Wén​wáng] and purported author of “Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬 Liù tāo [Liù​tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书 Wǔ jīng Qī shū [Wǔ​jīng​Qī​shū]姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá
孟姜女 Mèng jiāng nǚ heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 Qín cháo folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body孟姜女 Mèng jiāng nǚ
黄姜 huáng jiāng turmeric黃薑
姜太公 Jiāng Tài gōng see Jiang Ziya 姜子牙 Jiāng Zǐ yá [Jiāng​Zǐ​yá]姜太公 Jiāng Tài gōng

jiāng Decomposition & Compounds

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