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huáng

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huáng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
huáng | huang2
English translation
anxious, nervous, uneasy

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About huáng

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

huáng

Contains the radical

xīn

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

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Etymology of huáng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

忄皇

Semantic compound

xīn

Phonetic compound

Huáng

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using huáng

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yǐn Guò de 种种 zhǒng zhǒng 传说 chuánshuō ,一层 yī céng 一节 dōu 起来 qǐlai le ,越发 yuè fā Líng 觉得 juéde Zhāng huáng 失措 shī cuò .

The stories I had heard were coming back in disconcerting detail.

冯云卿 měng de Zuò 起来 qǐlai ,惊惶 jīng huáng de 反问 fǎnwèn .

Feng Yun - ching asked nervously, sitting up with a start.

目前 mùqián zài 新闻 xīnwén 之夜节目 jiémù Zhōng de 讲话 jiǎng huà gǎo 政客 zhèng kè men 惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān

He currently terrorises politicians and their ilk on "Newsnight"

埃米感到 gǎn dào 一阵 yī zhèn 真切 zhēn qiè 惶惶然 de 孤独 gūdú

Amy felt a moment of pure, panicky loneliness.

为什么 wèishénme 人们 rén men duì 核能 hé néng 惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān ne

Why did people get in a flap over nuclear energy?

Words with huáng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
惶恐 huáng kǒng terrified惶恐 huáng kǒng
huáng frightened huáng
惊惶 jīng huáng panic-stricken驚惶
惶惶 huáng huáng alarmed惶惶 huáng huáng
诚惶诚恐 chéng huáng chéng kǒng in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)誠惶誠恐
惶惑 huáng huò anxious and perplexed惶惑 huáng huò
惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān anxious惶恐不安 huáng kǒng bù ān
仓惶 cāng huáng in a panic倉惶
惊惶失措 jīng huáng shī cuò to lose one's head out of fear (idiom)驚惶失措
凄惶 qī huáng distressed and terrified淒惶
张惶 zhāng huáng alarmed張惶

huáng Decomposition & Compounds

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