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juān

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juān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
juān | juan1
English translation
brook, stream; pure; to select

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About juān

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

juān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status word / 状态词 Zhuàngtài cí

Learning hint

water

Etymology of juān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵肙

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

yuàn

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Example sentences using juān

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Yīn chóu de 天空 tiānkōng , xià zhāo 涓涓 juān juān 细雨 xì yǔ , 柔和 róuhé ér 多情 duō qíng .

Worry about the sky overcast, the trickling of rain, soft and sentimental.

小河 xiǎo hé 越来越 yuè lái yuè zhǎi ,最后 zuìhòu 变成 biàn chéng le 涓涓 juān juān 细流.

The stream had thinned down to a mere trickle.

Words with juān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
涓涓 juān juān a trickle涓涓 juān juān
juān brook juān
庞涓 Páng Juān Pang Juan (-342 BC), military leader and political strategist of the School of Diplomacy 縱橫家|纵横家 Zòng héng jiā [Zòng​héng​jiā] during the Warring States Period (425-221 BC)龐涓
涓滴 juān dī tiny stream涓滴 juān dī
刘涓子 Liú Juān zǐ Liu Juanzi, legendary alchemist and creator of magic potions劉涓子
涓滴归公 juān dī guī gōng every drop returns to the public good (idiom); not one penny is misused涓滴歸公

juān Decomposition & Compounds

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