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wèng

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wèng Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wèng | weng4
English translation
urn

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About wèng

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Number of strokes

17

Traditional form

wèng

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

pottery

Etymology of wèng

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

雍瓦

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

yōng

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and gōng represents the sound. Originally written as gōng .

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Words with wèng

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wèng urn wèng
瓮中之鳖 wèng zhōng zhī biē lit. like a turtle in a jar甕中之鱉
瓮安 Wèng ān Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 Qián nán zhōu [Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou甕安
瓮安县 Wèng ān xiàn Wengan county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州 Qián nán zhōu [Qián​nán​zhōu], Guizhou甕安縣
瓮城 wèng chéng enceinte of a city gate甕城
瓮中捉鳖 wèng zhōng zhuō biē a turkey shoot甕中捉鱉
瓮声瓮气 wèng shēng wèng qì to speak in a low muffled voice (idiom)甕聲甕氣
请君入瓮 qǐng jūn rù wèng lit. please Sir, get into the boiling pot (idiom)請君入甕

wèng Decomposition & Compounds

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