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lóng

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lóng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
lóng | long2
English translation
the tinkling of jewelry

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About lóng

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

lóng

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

jade

Etymology of lóng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

王龙

Semantic compound

Wáng

Phonetic compound

Lóng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Wáng represents the meaning and Lóng represents the sound. Simplified form of lóng .

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Example sentences using lóng

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多么 duōme 小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng de 房子 fáng zi ā !

What a pretty little house it is!

屋角 fàng zhāo jià 小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng de shé .

There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.

Words with lóng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
玲珑 líng lóng exquisite玲瓏
八面玲珑 bā miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations)八面玲瓏
小巧玲珑 xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng exquisite小巧玲瓏
lóng tinkling of gem-pendants lóng
玲珑剔透 líng lóng tī tòu exquisitely made玲瓏剔透

lóng Decomposition & Compounds

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