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nǎi

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nǎi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǎi | nai3
English translation
neon

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About nǎi

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

nǎi

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

gas

Etymology of nǎi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

气乃

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

nǎi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and nǎi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using nǎi

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只有 zhǐyǒu 冷藏 lěng cáng guì shǎng de 氖灯发出 fā chū Yīn cǎn 惨的蓝光 Lán guāng .

Only the neon in the cold counter glared a ghostly blue.

Words with nǎi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
nǎi neon (chemistry) nǎi

nǎi Decomposition & Compounds

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