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wān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wān | wan1
English translation
bay, cove, gulf, inlet

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About wān

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Number of strokes

25

Traditional form

wān

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

water

Etymology of wān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵彎

Semantic compound

shuǐ

Phonetic compound

wān

Explanation

Simplified form of wān . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and wān represents the sound.

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Words with wān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
台湾 Tái wān Taiwan台灣
wān bay wān
海湾 Hǎi wān bay海灣
港湾 gǎngwān natural harbor港灣
墨西哥湾 Mò xī gē Wān Gulf of Mexico墨西哥灣
关塔那摩湾 Guān tǎ nà mó Wān Guantanamo Bay (in Cuba)關塔那摩灣
东京湾 Dōng jīng Wān Tokyo Bay東京灣
台湾省 Tái wān shěng Taiwan province (PRC term)臺灣省
台湾海峡 Tái wān Hǎi xiá Taiwan Strait台灣海峽
北部湾 Běi bù Wān Gulf of Tonkin北部灣
荔湾区 Lì wān qū Liwan district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市 Guǎng zhōu shì [Guǎng​zhōu​shì], Guangdong荔灣區
孟加拉湾 Mèng jiā lā wān Bay of Bengal孟加拉灣
台湾岛 Tái wān Dǎo Taiwan Island臺灣島
杭州湾 Háng zhōu wān Hangzhou Bay杭州灣
卢湾区 Lú wān qū Luwan district, central Shanghai盧灣區
波斯湾 Bō sī Wān Persian Gulf波斯灣
亚龙湾 Yà lóng Wān Yalong Bay in Sanya 三亞|三亚 Sān yà [Sān​yà], Hainan亞龍灣
渤海湾 Bó hǎi wān Bohai Bay渤海灣
湾仔 Wān Zǎi Wan Chai district of Hong Kong灣仔
沙湾 Shā wān Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市 Lè shān shì [Lè​shān​shì], Sichuan沙灣
台湾大学 Tái wān Dà xué National Taiwan University臺灣大學

wān Decomposition & Compounds

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