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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wǔ | wu3
English translation
to resist

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

To resist  by hand  shǒu also provides the pronunciation

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

扌吾

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—— 牧师 mù shī gān ma zǒng yòng shǒu 捂住 wǔ zhù 心口 xīn kǒu ne ? ”

-- Why does the minister keep his hand over his heart? "

思嘉一手 yī shǒu Zhāng rǎng de zuǐ 捂住 wǔ zhù le .

Scarlett clapped a hand over the blubbery mouth.

打喷嚏 dǎpēntì shí yòng 手帕 shǒu pà 捂住 wǔ zhù zuǐ .

Put a handkerchief over your mouth when you sneeze.

深深地 tàn le 一口气 yī kǒu qì 用手捂住 wǔ zhù le 自己 zìjǐ de liǎn

She sighed deeply and covered her face with her hands.

shǎng de zuǐ 不让 jiào 出声 chū shēng lái

He covered her mouth to stop her from screaming.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to enclose
捂住 wǔ zhù to cover摀住

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