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cóng

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cóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
cóng | cong2
English translation
from, by, since, whence, through

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About cóng

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

cóng

Contains the radical

chì

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

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Etymology of cóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

chì 从足

Semantic compound

chì

Phonetic compound

Cóng

Explanation

Pictograph of one person following another.

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Words with cóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
Cóng from cóng
从来 cónglái always從來
从没 cóng méi never did從沒
从而 cóngér thus從而
自从 zìcóng since (a time)自從
从未 cóng wèi never從未
从事 cóngshì to go for從事
从此 cóngcǐ from now on從此
从小 cóng xiǎo from childhood從小
从不 cóng bù never從不
从前 cóngqián previously從前
从中 cóng zhōng from within從中
服从 fúcóng to comply服從
从来不 cóng lái bù never從來不
从头 cóng tóu anew從頭
从容 cóngróng to go easy從容
听从 tīng cóng to heed聽從
从业人员 cóng yè rén yuán employee從業人員
无从 wú cóng not to have access無從
从头到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish從頭到尾
从业 cóng yè to practice (a trade)從業
从严 cóng yán strict從嚴
遵从 zūn cóng to comply with遵從
从天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng lit. to drop from the sky (idiom)從天而降

cóng Decomposition & Compounds

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