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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jī | ji1
English translation
jetty, reef; breakwater, eddy

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

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rock

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石几

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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商人 shāng rén zài 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī Néng zhēng hěn Gāo de 工资 gōngzī .

Businesswomen can earn high salaries in Los.

de 整个 zhěnggè Mén dōu 正式 zhèngshì bèi 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī 警察局 jǐng chá jú de 反恐 fǎn kǒng 管辖 guǎnxiá le ne ?

My entire division is officially part of the L . A. P . D .'scounterterrorism bureau?

10年来 nián lái ,“X”乐队 yuè duì 一直 yīzhí dōu shì 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī zuì 杰出 jiéchū de 朋克 péng kè 乐队。

For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.

布拉德利 jiāng 作为 zuòwéi 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī 任期 rèn qī 最长 de 市长 shì zhǎng bèi 载入史册

Bradley will go down in history as Los Angeles' longest serving mayor.

暴乱 bào luàn Huán 意味着 yìwèizhe 洛杉矶 Luò shān jī xiàn 收入 shōurù de 损失 sǔnshī

The riots will also mean lost income for Los Angeles County.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
洛杉矶 Luò shān jī Los Angeles, California洛杉磯
jetty
加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校 Jiā lì fú ní yà Dà xué Luò shān jī Fēn xiào UCLA加利福尼亞大學洛杉磯分校
洛矶山脉 Luò jī Shān mài Rocky Mountains洛磯山脈
洛矶山 Luò jī Shān Rocky Mountains洛磯山

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