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chǒng

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chǒng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chǒng | chong3
English translation
to love; to favor, to pamper, to spoil; concubine

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About chǒng

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

chǒng

Contains the radical

gài

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

roof

Etymology of chǒng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

宀龍

Semantic compound

gài

Phonetic compound

lóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. gài represents the meaning and Lóng represents the sound. Simplified form of chǒng .

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Words with chǒng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
宠物 chǒngwù house pet寵物
chǒng to love chǒng
宠爱 chǒng aì to dote on sb寵愛
受宠若惊 shòu chǒng ruò jīng overwhelmed by favor from superior (humble expr.)受寵若驚
宠坏 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc)寵壞
哗众取宠 huá zhòng qǔ chǒng sensationalism嘩眾取寵
宠儿 chǒng ér pet寵兒
受宠 shòu chǒng favored受寵
失宠 shī chǒng to lose favor失寵
争宠 zhēng chǒng to strive for favor爭寵
恩宠 ēn chǒng special favor from a ruler恩寵
宠信 chǒng xìn to dote on and trust寵信
娇宠 jiāo chǒng to indulge嬌寵
得宠 dé chǒng favor得寵
偏宠 piān chǒng to favor偏寵

chǒng Decomposition & Compounds

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