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nǎo

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nǎo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
nǎo | nao3
English translation
agate, cornelian

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About nǎo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

nǎo

Contains the radical

Wáng

Part of speech

Transliterated name / 音译人名 Yīnyì rénmíng

Learning hint

jade

Etymology of nǎo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

Wáng 巛囟

Semantic compound

Wáng

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Example sentences using nǎo

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率领 shuàilǐng 他们 tā men 北上 běi shàng 攻打 gōng dǎ 生活 shēnghuó zài 多瑙河 Duō nǎo Hé pàn de 部族 bù zú .

He led it the far north and attacked the tribes that lived the River Danube.

de 疆域 jiāng yù 包括 bāokuò Dōng 阿尔卑斯 Ā ěr bēi sī Shān de 一部分 yī bù fen 多瑙河 Duō nǎo Hé 流域 liú yù 的一部分.

Its territory includes part of the eastern Alps as well as of the Danube basin.

Words with nǎo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
玛瑙 mǎ nǎo agate瑪瑙
多瑙河 Duō nǎo Hé Danube多瑙河 Duō nǎo Hé
nǎo agate nǎo
瑙鲁 Nǎo lǔ Nauru, island country in the southwestern Pacific瑙魯
多瑙 Duō nǎo the Danube多瑙 Duō nǎo
马瑙斯 Mǎ nǎo sī Manaus (city in Brazil)馬瑙斯

nǎo Decomposition & Compounds

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