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柳 liǔ

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柳 liǔ Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
liǔ | liu3
English translation
willow tree; pleasure; surname

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About 柳 liǔ

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

柳 liǔ

Contains the radical

木 Mù

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

tree

Etymology of 柳 liǔ

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰木卯

Semantic compound

木 Mù

Phonetic compound

卯 mǎo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. 木 Mù represents the meaning and 卯 mǎo represents the sound. Simplified form of 栁.

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Example sentences using 柳 liǔ

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河边 hé biān 疏疏 shū shū 落 là 落 là 有 yǒu 几棵柳树 liǔ shù .

The river was sparsely lined with willow trees.

桃 táo 红柳绿 lǜ 相互 xiāng hù 掩映 yǎn yìng .

The pink peaches and green willows set each other off.

我 wǒ 榨 zhà 柳 liǔ 橙汁 chéng zhī 给 gěi 你 nǐ 喝 hē .

I'll crush the juice out of oranges for you.

那 Nā 个家庭主妇 zhǔ fù 常 Cháng 榨 zhà 柳 liǔ 橙汁 chéng zhī .

The housewife crushes out juice from oranges.

柳 liǔ 橙 chéng 里 lǐ 的 de 汁 zhī 去掉 qù diào 後 hòu , 只 zhǐ 剩下 shèng xià 不 bù 可口 kěkǒu 的 de 肉 ròu 了 le .

After the abstraction of the juice from the orange, only a tasteless pulp is left.

Words with 柳 liǔ

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
柳 liǔ willow柳 liǔ
柳树 liǔ shù willow柳樹
柳州 Liǔ zhōu Liuzhou prefecture-level city in Guangxi柳州 Liǔ zhōu
柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng light at the end of the tunnel柳暗花明 liǔ àn huā míng
杨柳 yáng liǔ willow tree楊柳
柳条 liǔ tiáo willow柳條
柳州市 Liǔ zhōu shì Liuzhou prefecture-level city in Guangxi柳州市 Liǔ zhōu shì
柳林 Liǔ lín Liulin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁 Lǚ liáng [Lǚ​liáng], Shanxi 山西 Shān xī 柳林 Liǔ lín
柳眉 liǔ méi long, shapely eyebrows柳眉 liǔ méi
垂柳 chuí liǔ weeping willow (Salix babylonica)垂柳 chuí liǔ
柳宗元 Liǔ Zōng yuán Liu Zongyuan (773-819), Tang essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動|古文运动 gǔ wén yùn dòng and neoclassical 復古|复古 fù gǔ movements柳宗元 Liǔ Zōng yuán
柳永 Liǔ Yǒng Liu Yong (987-1053), Song poet柳永 Liǔ Yǒng
柳江 Liǔ jiāng Liujiang county in Liuzhou 柳州 Liǔ zhōu [Liǔ​zhōu], Guangxi柳江 Liǔ jiāng

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