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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wō | wo1
English translation
eddy, swirl, whirlpool

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A mouth  guō made of water  shuǐ

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

氵呙

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因此 yīncǐ ,这种 zhè zhǒng 现象 xiànxiàng 称为 chēng wéi yóu 振荡 zhèn dàng huò 共振 gòng zhèn dòng . ”

This phenomenon is therefore known as'oil whip'or'resonant whirl '.

这些 zhè xiē yān juān 出自 chū zì dài 鸦片 yā piàn wèi de 香烟 xiāng yān tóu ,形成 xíngchéng 各种 gè zhǒng 光怪陆离 guāng guài lù lí de zhuàng 花纹 huā wén ér 袅袅 niǎo niǎo 上升 shàng shēng .

The wreaths of smoke curled up in such fanciful whorls from his opiumtainted cigarette.

下角标ZE分别 fēnbié 表示 biǎoshì wěi Xiàng 分量 fēnliàng 旋涡 xuán wō 分量 fēnliàng .

Subscripts Z and E are for zonal and eddy components respectively.

涡轮 wō lún 喷气 pēn qì 发动机 fā dòng jī 涡轮 wō lún 螺桨 luó jiǎng 发动机 fā dòng jī gēng 适用 shì yòng 飞机 fēijī .

The turbojet and the turboprop are much more satisfactory for airplanes.

涡轮 wō lún 螺桨 luó jiǎng 发动机 fā dòng jī 涡轮发动机十分 shífēn 相似 xiāngsì .

The turboprop engine is very much like the turbojet.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
漩涡 xuán wō eddy漩渦
涡轮 wō lún turbine渦輪
eddy
旋涡 xuán wō spiral旋渦
涡旋 wō xuán eddy渦旋
涡阳县 Guō yáng xiàn Guoyang county in Bozhou 亳州 Bó zhōu [Bó​zhōu], Anhui渦陽縣
涡阳 Guō yáng Guoyang county in Bozhou 亳州 Bó zhōu [Bó​zhōu], Anhui渦陽
酒涡 jiǔ wō dimple酒渦
笑涡 xiào wō dimple笑渦
旋涡星云 xuán wō xīng yún spiral nebula旋渦星雲

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