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zhuì

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zhuì Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zhuì | zhui4
English translation
nervous, apprehensive

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About zhuì

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

zhuì

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Idiom / 成语 chéngyǔ Chéngyǔ

Learning hint

heart

Etymology of zhuì

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄耑

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

duān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and duān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using zhuì

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全家 quán jiā dōu shì 惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān de yòu hěn 兴奋 xīngfèn de 等候 děnghòu shōu cán ”.

Uneasy but eager, the whole family waited for the eggs to hatch.

Words with zhuì

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān to be on tenterhooks (idiom)惴惴不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān
zhuì anxious zhuì

zhuì Decomposition & Compounds

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