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wǎn

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wǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǎn | wan3
English translation
to seem; as if; crooked

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About wǎn

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

wǎn

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

roof

Etymology of wǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀夗

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

yuàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and yuàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wǎn

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de 目光 mùguāng 恰好 qià hǎo yòu zài 那块表盘 biǎo pán 硕大 shuò dà péng 宛如 wǎn rú miǎo 器的手表 shǒubiǎo shǎng .

I happened to be looking at her enormous - faced, chronographic - looking wrist - watch again.

zài 躯干 qū gàn de 前方 qián fāng , 宛如 wǎn rú duǒ 玫瑰 méi guī chuò zài 长长的枝条 zhī tiáo shǎng .

Straight ahead of her, as though it were a rose on a stem.

很多立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén duì gāi 决定 juédìng 是否 shìfǒu 明智 míngzhì 表示 biǎoshì le 怀疑 huáiyí

Many Lithuanians have expressed doubts about the wisdom of the decision.

立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén 开始 kāishǐ 意识 yìshí dào 物资 wùzī 日益 rìyì 匮乏 kuì fá

Lithuanians are waking up to a world of increasing shortages.

Words with wǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宛如 wǎn rú to be just like宛如 wǎn rú
立陶宛 Lì táo wǎn Lithuania立陶宛 Lì táo wǎn
宛若 wǎn ruò to be just like宛若 wǎn ruò
wǎn winding wǎn
立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén Lithuanian (person)立陶宛人 Lì táo wǎn rén
宛然 wǎn rán as if宛然 wǎn rán
宛转 wǎn zhuǎn sinuous宛轉
宛城区 Wǎn chéng qū Wancheng district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳 Nán yáng [Nán​yáng], Henan宛城區

wǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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