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màn

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màn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
màn | man4
English translation
long, extended, vast; beautiful

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About màn

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

màn

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

Two hands  yòu pulling an eye open  wǎng

Etymology of màn

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

罒又

Explanation

Depicts a hand ( yòu ) covering ( mào ) the eye () to gaze far away into the distance.

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Example sentences using màn

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森林 sēnlín 曼延数百 shù bǎi .

The forests stretch for hundreds of miles.

拉曼 pín 效应 xiào yìng 使 shǐ 飞秒 fēi miǎo 脉冲 mài chōng Xiàng Hòu 沿 yán 非线性 fēi xiàn xìng 漂移 piāo yí .

The pulse was drift backwards nonlinear by the self - frequency shift effect.

, màn 内特小姐 xiǎojie , zài 整个 zhěnggè 梦里 dōu 知道 zhīdào 自己 zìjǐ shì hěn pèi de .

'No, Miss Manette; all through it, I have known myself to be quite undeserving.

诺曼 bèi 委派 wěi pài gān 这件苦差 kǔ chāi shì .

Norman and I were deputed for the unpleasant task.

周仲伟 de huà Huán méi wán , 徐曼丽 那红春春 de qiào liǎn ér dǒu de biàn le .

Before Chou Chung - wei had finished what he was saying, Hsu Man - li's pretty face suddenly clouded over.

Words with màn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
màn large màn
曼哈顿 Màn hā dùn Manhattan island曼哈頓
曼谷 Màn gǔ Bangkok, capital of Thailand曼谷 Màn gǔ
阿曼 Ā màn Oman阿曼 Ā màn
张曼玉 Zhāng Màn yù Maggie Cheung (1964-), Hong Kong actress張曼玉
曼德拉 Màn dé lā Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999曼德拉 Màn dé lā
曼彻斯特 Màn chè sī tè Manchester曼徹斯特
安曼 Ān màn Amman, capital of Jordan安曼 Ān màn
罗曼史 luó màn shǐ love affair羅曼史
曼波 màn bō mambo (dance) (loanword)曼波 màn bō
雷曼 Léi màn Lehman or Leymann (name)雷曼 Léi màn
诺曼底 Nuò màn dǐ Normandy, France諾曼底
日耳曼 Rì ěr màn Germanic日耳曼 Rì ěr màn
土库曼斯坦 Tǔ kù màn sī tǎn Turkmenistan土庫曼斯坦
霍夫曼 Huò fū màn Hofmann or Hoffman (name)霍夫曼 Huò fū màn
开曼群岛 Kāi màn Qún dǎo Cayman Islands開曼群島
奥特曼 Aò tè màn Ultraman, Japanese science fiction superhero奧特曼
惠特曼 Huì tè màn Whitman (surname)惠特曼 Huì tè màn

màn Decomposition & Compounds

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