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kào

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kào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kào | kao4
English translation
victory feast; to throw a banquet

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About kào

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

kào

Contains the radical

Niú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

ox

Etymology of kào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

牛高

Semantic compound

Niú

Phonetic compound

Gāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Niú represents the meaning and Gāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using kào

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不必 bù bì 花大 Qián jiù 可以 kěyǐ 好好 hǎo hǎo 犒劳 kào láo 一下 yīxià 自己 zìjǐ

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Words with kào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
犒劳 kào láo to feast (sb)犒勞
犒赏 kào shǎng reward犒賞
kào to reward or comfort with presents of food, drink etc kào

kào Decomposition & Compounds

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